“In the Tea Party narrative, victory at the polls means a new American revolution, one that will "take our country back" from everyone they disapprove of. But what they dont realize is, there's a catch: This is America, and we have an entrenched oligarchical system in place that insulates us all from any meaningful political change.” MeanCountryAmericaPoliticalRealizingPartyRevolutionVictoryMeaningfulOur CountryTeaNarrativePollsTea PartyAmerican RevolutionPolitical Change Author:Matt Taibbi
“One loves one's country the way one loves a family member. And sometimes that family member does really embarrassing, shitty things. But you still love them.” WayDoeStillsCountrySometimesMembersEmbarrassingOne LoveFamily Members Author:Matt Taibbi
“America is a country that has been skating for ages on its unparalleled ability to look marvelous on the outside.” LooksHas BeensCountryAgeAmericaAbilityMarvelousSkating Book:Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches from a Rotting Empire Source: Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches from a Rotting Empire
“In America, it takes about two weeks in the limelight for the whole country to think you've been around for years.” ThinkingYearsTwoCountryWholeAmericaWeekTwo WeeksLimelight Author:Matt Taibbi
“In other countries they have histories with revolutions and class movements. In America, people don't like to think of themselves like being in a lower class. They all like to think of themselves as potential millionaires.” PeopleThinkingCountryAmericaClassMovementRevolutionOther CountriesMillionaireLower Class Author:Matt Taibbi
“We paid for this instead of a generation of health insurance, or an alternative energy grid, or a brand-new system of roads and highways. With the $13-plus trillion we are estimated to ultimately spend on the bailouts, we could not only have bought and paid off every single sub-prime mortgage in the country (that would only have cost $1.4 trillion), we could have paid off every remaining mortgage of any kind in this country - and still have had enough money left over to buy a new house for every American who does not already have one.” KindDoeStillsCountryEnoughHouseEnergyLeftGenerationsCostPaidBrandsAlternativesPlusPrimeHighwaysMortgageHad EnoughBrand NewGridsBailoutsPaid OffAlternative Energy Author:Matt Taibbi
“For a country founded on the idea that rights are inalienable and inherent from birth, we’ve developed a high tolerance for conditional rights and conditional citizenship.” IdeasCountryRightsBirthToleranceInherentCitizenshipConditional Author:Matt Taibbi
