tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post166465512559158931..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Peabody Coal and the Evils of Late CapitalismJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-21384448775918234792016-03-18T09:40:46.853-04:002016-03-18T09:40:46.853-04:00It seems to me there's a real opportunity here...It seems to me there's a real opportunity here for the Democrats. I'd like to see what would happen if there were a Democratic candidate who could forthrightly push BOTH Black Lives Matter and forcing coal to pay the pensions, simultaneously and with muscular rhetoric on both counts. If working class whites would vote for such a candidate, I would say there is hope for American democracy that goes beyond mere muddling through.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-5631247494655178712016-03-18T09:37:48.118-04:002016-03-18T09:37:48.118-04:00"[B]ut they also spread the gospel that busin..."[B]ut they also spread the gospel that businessmen are heroes deserving of as much money as they can pocket, and workers who strike or otherwise fight for what they have been promised are nothing but whining losers."<br /><br />I rather had thought this began in the 90's, during Clinton's administration, when the stock market exploded and everyone wanted to become a millionaire and thought they could. It was then that I heard people proudly proclaiming the wonders of greed, its inherent goodness, and it was then when laying off employees became fashionable because it improved the bottom line and raised stock prices. That was the era of excess. Perhaps Reagan and Thatcher seeded the landscape though.Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.com