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rhett o rick's JournalAlan Greenspan a disciple of Ayn Rand was loved by the Ruling Class from Reagan thru
Bush. That includes Clinton. One thing that wealthy Democrats have in common with wealthy Republicons is their greed and Alan Greenspan was their man. Of course he and Ayn Rand were wrong. Greed does not raise all boats.
In 1963 our buddy Alan said:
In 2008 he admitted he had been wrong. Greed wasn't self-regulating.
From:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/quotes-of-2008-we-are-in-a-state-of-shocked-disbelief-1220057.html
Translated, that means he did not think the greed of the CEO's would lead to the killing of the Golden Goose.
Poor Alan lived in an Ayn Rand fantasy world and the Wealthy 1% Ruling Class including Reagan, Clinton and Bush took advantage to enriched the Wealthy at the expense of the Middle and Working Classes and the Poor.
If you want more of the same schit, vote for another Clinton.
Why are some Democrats so afraid of change and hold onto their status quo like a baby blanket?
They are good people but they just are afraid of changing the status quo. When you point out all their fellow citizens that are suffering, they dont want to hear it. They read and watch the corporate news even when you tell them the truth lies elsewhere. They are afraid the truth will compel them to do something. They hold on to the status quo like a favorite baby blanket. They have been indoctrinated in the meme that change can bring worse times. Struggle and you will get The Donald.
But these people are really conservatives although some pretend to be progressive. They know that in this fight between The People and our corporate Oligarchy, their inaction helps the Oligarchy and yet they will eventually suffer along with The People. These conservatives stand by and watch protestors get punched, sprayed and even shot and do nothing. Hiding in their denial bubbles.
Sen Sanders represents a movement that demands change from the looting and greed of the Wealth 1%, while Clinton represents maintaining the status quo that has caused such harm to the lower 99%.
This primary is a fight for freedoms, liberties, and basic health care free from greedy insurance companies.
We need a Revolution but not violence.
Violence is an authoritarian tool used to terrorize We The People into submission. Any violence by us is welcomed by the state to justify much higher levels of violence against us. A goal of protests is to awaken the public to the inequities and corruption of the current political and economic systems. Being violent obscures this message. Currently the state is careful not to unjustly imprison protestors and thereby possibly produce sympathy for the protestors. If protestors are violent then the state would be justified, at least in the minds of the public, to imprison them longer, and treat them with more brutality.
There is an excellent article about non-violence in the book, Occupy: Scenes from Occupied America, by Rebecca Solnit. The article is called, Throwing Out the Masters Tools and Building a Better House.
From the article:
"The powerful and effective movements of the past sixty years have used the strategy of people power. It works. I changes the world. It's changing the world now. Join us. Or don't join us. But please dont try to have it both ways."
Senator Sanders is calling for a revolution but not violence. It's time to fight back against the oppression of the Ruling Class that has taken our homes, our jobs, our retirements and in some cases members of our family sent to war to die for larger profits for the Ruling Class.
Tired of them pretending that Quid Pro Quo isn't a significant factor in politics.
There are over 11,000 lobbyists in Wash the DC and last year they spent (read graft) over $3 billion dollars. How many of them are on the side of the People? How many on the side of the Clinton Class?
I am tired of the denials regarding conspiracies. Politics is full of conspiracies. Karl Rove's job is to conspire and the big Think Tanks are really Conspiracy Tanks. How much of this conspiring is for the good of the 99% ? How much is for the good of the Clinton Class.
I am tired of the hypocrisy of so-called Democrats that stood side by side with the Left fighting the Corp-Media and their bias for the Ruling Class, only to embrace those same institutions now that their candidate is running.
I am tired of the hypocrisy of so-called Democrats that stood side by side with the Left fighting Big Money corruption via Citizens United only now to embrace it when it benefits their candidate.
I am tired of those pretending that support of a Clinton Aristocracy won't harm those struggling in the lower classes. How high do the numbers in poverty have to climb before they see beyond their authoritarian adulation.
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