Wow, I thought this kind of thing was done away with years ago

[kandrathe]

Similarly, Marxism postulates a "supernatural" process of history (dialectical materialism) which dictates the correct course of action for all actors, as well as representing an inevitable outcome. That sounds pretty religious to me.

Speaking of Hegelian Dialectics... :) Don't you think that the current and previous American governance by crisis fits that model exactly?

When Rahm Emanuel said, “You never want to let a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before”...

This is the Hegelian Dialectic I'm seeing, in the health care debate, in the Afghan debate, in the Energy Tax, in the Stimulus, in the Bailouts. They spend weeks forming, reforming, hashing, and rehashing bills, and then they vote on them without reading them within 24 hours of formation without proper debate. Emergency votes... All the time...

1. Bring attention to a problem you declare to be a crisis of earth shattering proportion (we're all gonna die!).

2. Use proxies to incite anger in the streets, use the media, hold press conferences to talk about the problem,

3. People will flock (like sheep) to your door demanding that the something be done now – then you offer a solution that will cost money, increase the number of government jobs, infringe on rights, and transfer power/property to the government.

Once the majority of jobs in America are depending on government, what is the likelihood of ever reducing the size of government? Who would ever vote for a pay cut?