Topix Underground

"...Chaos and economic mismanagement

Another popular lie is that the left/green politicians (those who actually want to redistribute wealth, and could actually do it if elected) are “chaotic” or "fiscally irresponsible": Or something else is fundamentally wrong with them — but not with the conservatives and paranoid xenophobes, who are seen as ok and trustworthy.

The truth is this. If one side of politics is promoting chaos and fiscal irresponsibility more than the other, it's the right. The right is more commonly linked (in reality, rather than in the distorted public imagination) with corruption, waste or misuse of public money, overspending on the military (rather than infrastructure, welfare, public services), risking or provoking international conflict, subsidizing and bailing out big companies (corporate welfare), and allowing individuals and corporations to evade mind-boggling amounts of tax. Pages of examples could be given, but perhaps just one will suffice: In the past few decades in the US, Republican governments have usually increased the national debt whereas Democrat governments reduced it.

The right don't want people to realize that their extravagance is destroying the economy, so they tell the public the opposite: the left wing is extravagant, which is destroying the economy. They pay the media to publish that and other bad stories about the left. The media know that if they toe the line there will be financial benefits, either direct or indirect. So they go along with it, while pretending to be neutral, promoting freedom of speech and balanced coverage of all ideas..."