Hanauer says. “This idea is an article of faith for Republicans, is seldom challenged by Democrats, and has indeed shaped much of the economic landscape.

This is not political statement that is attacking the republican party, it is speaking against the democratic party as well. That may be the real crime here. Must protect the corporate party structure at all costs and not speak of the real source of injustice.

You never hear the mainstream media state that the problem will not be solved as long as we continue to support either the republican or democratic party. Both parties are the henchmen for the corporate elite.

Stop supporting the status quo. The democratic party is as guilty as the republicans, and will work against any reform that attempts to address one of the main issues, which is that the government acts to protect the corporate elite and not the public trust. The corporate elite don’t give a damn for the general public if it means less profit for them.

We are all mice and we keep voting for the fat cats, and keep wondering where we are disappearing to. It is time to stop the self-defeating cycle.

Don’t give your consent by voting for either corporate party.

Why am I not surprised ?...

Henri

Since when is Truth political?  What’s TED’s mission anyway?  That decision is an
idea worth abandoning.

That’s a weak excuse being given for not presenting the speech. That’s like saying that talks on climate change should not be given because one party agrees with the scientific research while the other does not.

If TED wants to take a non-political stance that’s fine, but let’s not pretend that political stances that happen to conform to reality are non-existent.

All TED has to do is preface the talk with a disclaimer that the views being expressed are not necessarily those of the organization.

Why does TED think it makes sense to limit ideas worth spreading to categories that are apolitical? Politics is very much a major component of human societal ideation and deserves expression as much as any other, in my opinion.

Here’s my question:  Who are these 1% people, specifically?  Who can talk to them?  Who has access to penetrate behind their glass walls? Surely a guy like this Hanauer person has credentials and clout enough.  With the moderately sensible conservative opinions he apparently has, is he in Wall Street offices or in the Halls of the Senate, talking to some of the more rational minds there, encouraging them toward specifics of a plan to modify the present extreme injustices and cut democracy the slack it needs to function? And is he entirely alone in his moderately sensible conservatism, or has he friends who would join with him to get capitalism out of the corner it has painted itself into?  Have he and his friends no way to un-gel the military-industrial complex and encourage some retooling away from weapons-making?  I can’t believe all corporate managers are simpletons. Some of them must know they will go down the drain along with the rest of the world. Not all of them are pinch-brained idiots. What’s the missing link?

TED talks; pablum and feel good for the WASP masses.
Heaven forbid any controversy…

Well, he’s right.

The Gini coefficient of the Us is shameful—the same as Mexico’s and duking it out with Zimbawbe!

Meanwhile, Venezuela’s gini is now down there with the Scandinavian countries—just in the 13 years of the Chavez government.