No country that pursues an independent course of development shall be allowed to prevail as a dangerous example to other nations. - Michael Parenti

That a religious belief is propagated by its lower clergy and ordinary adherents does not make it any less the hierarchy’s dictum. Indeed, such lower echelon transmission is an essential factor in maintaining the belief’s hegemony.

American socialism cannot be modeled on the former Soviet Union, China, Cuba, or other countries with different historical, economic, and cultural developments.

The two party electoral system performs the essential function of helping to legitimate the existing social order.