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In reply to the discussion: CBS Cuts Trump's Corruption Tantrum From '60 Minutes' Edit [View all]popsdenver
(1,003 posts)38. During Trump's first installation in the White House
I was wishing I was a Zillionaire, and could mail a Copy of ANIMAL FARM, to every single address in America.
It is written so that even a third grader could match it to what the Republicans/Trump were doing in America.
I wouldn't have sent 1984, because it takes a much much higher intellectual capability to read 1984, much less understand it.
My personal feeling is that Orwell got it wrong in 1984, it isn't the government that we had to watch out for, it was the CORPORATIONS we had to watch out for to make sure they didn't take over the government.
Simplest definition of Fascism is the merger of Corporations and Government which is what the Republicans have accomplished.
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CBS' 60 Minutes which was the Gold Standard for Journalism is now 1984's "Ministry of Truth."
Botany
Nov 3
#5
This whole interview just epitomizes the constant failure of the press to make...
Ol Janx Spirit
Nov 3
#12
Personally, I think she could have done better in a few areas. My real problem with the exchange...
Ol Janx Spirit
Nov 4
#49
"...and the people that-- that came into our country from mental institutions."
LudwigPastorius
Nov 3
#22
No, what he sees is an opportunity to lie to the American people about what Democrats want to do...
Ol Janx Spirit
Nov 4
#48
Time for lawsuit.................lets say for a complete airing of the segment and 32 million and breaking up
turbinetree
Nov 3
#23
They had to cut it, the irony would have broken every TV set in the country. /nt
bucolic_frolic
Nov 3
#27