I AM STRUCK BY THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE "IGNORANT PEASANT" OF EASTERN EUROPE...AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR ELITES...BACK IN THE 19TH CENTURY...
WITH THE ROLE OF TODAY'S REPUBLICAN AND WALL STREET ELITES IN MANIPULATING THEIR RURAL AND SMALL TOWN "BUBBA REPUBLICANS"...THE "PEASANTS" OF AMERICAN POLITICS TODAY...
IT HAS BEEN VERY COMMON IN HISTORY FOR POWERFUL ELITES TO "USE" THE IGNORANCE OF THE LOWER CLASSES TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO...
SO, THE "PEASANTS" IN EASTERN EUROPE IN THE 1800'S...AND THE "BUBBA REPUBLICANS" IN FLY OVER COUNTRY TODAY...HAVE A LOT IN COMMON... THEY STRONGLY RELATE TO FEAR, HATE AND GREED WHEN OFFERED TO THEM BY THEIR ELITES.
STRANGE POLITICAL BEDFELLOWS PERHAPS,...OR PERHAPS NOT?
THE EUROPEAN PEASANT AND THE REPUBLICAN BUBBA BOTH OPERATE UNDER A STRONG FEAR OF CHANGE...
AND A COMPLETE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT COULD BE...IF ONLY THE ELITES WOULD GET OFF THEIR BACKS...
AFTER ALL... THAT WAS REALLY WHAT WWI WAS ALL ABOUT... GETTING THE OLD MONIED ELITES OFF THE BACKS OF THE ORDINARY PEOPLE....
AND PUTTING A NEW PROFESSIONAL INTELLECTUAL ELITE IN CHARGE OF GOVERNING FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF EVERYONE.
