Day 58-59

“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”

santiz Hermann Goering In connection to our study of the Federal Reserve we have touched lightly on its role in war. The above quote was simply a discussion starter. We also discussed the following claims made by a particular capitalist pig, Robert Murphy: -greed is good -CEO's deserve their high salary, so do athletes -minimum wage laws hurt the poor -child labor laws aren't necessary -borders hurt the economy -outsourcing is good for all of us Most found these claims to be false, and quite audacious. The students have been asked to bring them up sometime over the Thanksgiving break and record what they learned in their conversations.