Economically deprived groups are seen as a threat because they want more, and more for the have-nots might mean less for the haves. - Michael Parenti

“Individualism” in the United States refers to privatized ownership, consumption and recreation. You are individualist in that you are expected to get what you can for yourself and not be too troubled by the problems faced by others. This attitude, considered inhuman in some societies, is labeled approvingly as “ambition” in our own and is treated as a quality of great social value.

The conceptual distinction between state and government allows us to understand why taking office in government seldom guarantees full access to the instruments of state power.

Margaret Thatcher, who we all know is Ronald Reagan in drag.