Beautiful Horizons: A Lesson Still Unlearned

October 26, 2011

A Lesson Still Unlearned

One of the inexplicable characteristics of the right these days is the fetishizing of CEO's, especially as potential political leaders. It's patently absurd: there is no system of checks and balances in the business world. CEO's need not depend on congress to implement policies. They do not have to forge consensus and compromise if they do not wish to do so; they need merely decree in most instances.

If that is not sufficient to convince anyone, I have two words for you: Silvio Berlusconi.

Oct 26, 2011 11:11:10 PM | Adventures in Wingnuttery, Intellectual Laziness, Italy, Republican Perfidy and Cowardice

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