Guest Post by Paul Craig Roberts
A person can sometimes learn a lot from car magazines. I learned three things from the May-June issue of Hagerty’s Drivers Club.
One was that Preston T. Tucker was about to change the automobile world with his Tucker, a “Car of Tomorrow.” His car surpassed Detroit in every respect–style, engineering, performance, and it was competitively priced. So a corrupt Detroit teamed up with a corrupt US senator, Homer Ferguson of Michigan, a corrupt SEC, and a corrupt journalist to put Tucker out of business. So much for the free market and free competition narrative they teach in economics.
Senator Ferguson had the War Assets Administration block Tucker’s acquisition of a steel plant even though Tucker was the high bidder and won the competition. Then a corrupt journalist, Drew Pearson, launched a smear campaign against Tucker that cut the value of Tucker’s company’s stock price in half and ended Tucker’s access to financing. Then the SEC brought false charges against Tucker and a grand jury indicted Tucker and his associates for mail fraud, conspiracy, and SEC regulation violations.
A judge voided the Tucker Corporation’s lease on the Dodge plant where he was producing his cars. Then the sealed SEC report was leaked to the press and the rest of the irresponsible American media jumped on Tucker. A corrupt prosecution called 73 witnesses against Tucker, but the jury found Tucker and his associates innocent of all 31 counts. In those days juries were still capable of thought, and they saw through the frame up of Tucker and the intentional destruction of his business. But Detroit succeeded in putting Tucker out of business by the time that the 50th Tucker was produced. Today the best examples of the remaining Tuckers sell for $2.5 million.
The second thing I learned is that the new trend in auto style is the menacing look. I have previously observed how unattractive and boring car/SUV styling is compared to the beautiful styling and two-tone color combinations of the 1950s and 1960s. The choice today is hideous in black, white, or gray and sometimes an off-red. Recently Dodge’s retro muscle cars and Corvette have added some style and color to the roadways, but generally cars are a depressing sight.
It is my opinion that the abandonment of style and color in cars and clothes are what is responsible for the rise in depression and pill taking. You seldom see a well dressed person anymore or a woman decked out in finery.
The third thing I learned is that men continue to have their roles in life taken from them and given to women. For example, General Motors’ sports car racing manager is a woman, Laura Klauser. Probably she is a good manager, but that is not the point. Men and women were once defined by their roles. Today there are no more roles for men. Men have had their roles taken away and given to women. Women have abandoned their roles to take men’s roles. It is a sad situation for men. The man is no longer even the breadwinner who brings home the bacon. Indeed, his wife probably makes more than he does. So what is his role? The answer seems to be: to get out of the way of women. Are we creating a society in which men have no definable role?
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The (((US Feral Government))) has proven itself an enemy of the citizenry.
Go Galt…it’s the safest, surest way to starve the Beast…
“Safety” is an illusion. A lie we tell ourselves daily to ward off the boogey man, and to help us forget that the boogey man lives in each and every one of us, just waiting to come out.
The existence of Galt’s Gulch is not possible in a 1984 world.
You poor bastard! You’re so old you can’t even distinguish between cause and effect any more. Now I’m thinking you never could.
Just a guess here, I don’t think Tucker was a Jew,Freemason or a member of skull and bones.
So the guy with no name wants to attack the guy WITH a name for expressing his opinion and standing by it.
yeah.
I see EXACTLY where you’re coming from. And, “no” I’m not confused. The same principle is in play in BOTH directions.
Mr name who’s always on the attack .
That’s Mr. Glowbot.
It’s another instance of crying about how oppressed you are when you’re actually winning!……the illusion must be sustained so you will keep cheering YOUR oppressors!……SUCKER!
I am a woman and can speak with authority about these issues. I agree w/ PCR – women are pushing men out of their traditional roles. Between women pushing men out of their traditional roles and the communist left insulting and demeaning men by referring to ‘toxic masculinity’ – this will not end well.
The passing of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was the beginning of the downfall of our country. Who’s responsible for tolerance? women. Look around and see all of the ugly things we “tolerate”.
I am not saying that women should be kept at home, barefoot and pregnant w/ men as the master. I am saying that there needs to be some balance and there isn’t any. And, hasn’t been for some time.