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graham4anything

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76. No. we cannot agree but it is your right to disagree.

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Sun Jun 2, 2013, 01:38 PM

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Can We Just Agree that Everything is Fake? The American Aristocracy is Real. [View all] blur256 Jun 2013 OP

Great post. Bonobo Jun 2013 #1

Thank you. blur256 Jun 2013 #2

Thanks for the Carlin and Zappa quotes 90-percent Jun 2013 #13

+1000 for the Carlin video corkhead Jun 2013 #29

Speak the truth ...and get laughs. L0oniX Jun 2013 #38

I have posted that video... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2013 #73

Rich people are social terrorists. L0oniX Jun 2013 #39

It's becoming more and more obvious that it's a zero sum game tularetom Jun 2013 #3

Exactly. blur256 Jun 2013 #6

In the 90s the biggest fear from the rich was,... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #11

1965 90-percent Jun 2013 #15

Not "on the verge of." There's been a permanent aristocracy in America since the 1870s, if not leveymg Jun 2013 #4

It only makes sense that the laws protect them, blur256 Jun 2013 #7

Thank you, leveymg. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #25

Correct. Everything is fake, and it couldn't be done without organized religion. nt valerief Jun 2013 #5

Correct. blur256 Jun 2013 #8

Quite right Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #28

Astute observation. +1 n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #82

The Matrix? Great post, thanks! nt Zorra Jun 2013 #9

K&R x 10000000000!!!!!!!! This is what I have been saying here and I HAVE THE ANSWER!!!!!! Dustlawyer Jun 2013 #10

I definitely agree with you. blur256 Jun 2013 #14

Complete Campaign Finance Reform! I am totally with you. nt caledesi Jun 2013 #16

Publicly funded only elections is the goal. canoeist52 Jun 2013 #18

Bueller...Bueller....Bueller retired rooster Jun 2013 #24

Let's say you have campaign finance reform. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #43

The 1st Amendment already has reasonable restrictions for several things, it is against the law Dustlawyer Jun 2013 #62

How in the world would you devise "reasonable restrictions" on First Amendment JDPriestly Jun 2013 #65

Sounds good but first we must secure our election system. Without free and fair elections rhett o rick Jun 2013 #70

We fix it by doing whatever it is we can do. Movements take years or grahamhgreen Jun 2013 #12

Post removed Post removed Jun 2013 #17

I do not advocate violence blur256 Jun 2013 #19

I understand and I've always felt the same as you...up until the last few years. BlueJazz Jun 2013 #20

I advocate nonviolence, myself. Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #26

Thank you. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #44

I agree. The Ruling Elite would like nothing better than violence which will justify rhett o rick Jun 2013 #71

Well, nonviolent protest is just as likely to be met with repression. Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #74

Exactly. In India the police, under British rule, who were Indians, got to a point where rhett o rick Jun 2013 #75

North Carolina's "Moral Mondays" are an example. KoKo Jun 2013 #88

As was Wisconsin, as is the Occupy movement. Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #91

WRONG!!!!!!!! You don't solve a systemic problem by...... socialist_n_TN Jun 2013 #30

And that worked out so well for everybody... bhikkhu Jun 2013 #35

Yep. Thank you Joe Stalin...... socialist_n_TN Jun 2013 #37

+1 L0oniX Jun 2013 #36

Very well put mick063 Jun 2013 #21

Excellent post. Totally agree. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #64

Yes. Thank you for saying this. freedom fighter jh Jun 2013 #22

I probably should have put a sarcasm icon next to that blur256 Jun 2013 #23

Oh, looks like I missed something. Well, I get it now. nt freedom fighter jh Jun 2013 #27

The parties are permitted to differ on certain social issues-- Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #31

So Marx and Engels were correct after all??????? socialist_n_TN Jun 2013 #32

Everything is Bullshit - George Carlin L0oniX Jun 2013 #33

Sure, everything is fake bhikkhu Jun 2013 #34

I'm glad that your life is going well. blur256 Jun 2013 #41

But that's just it - what is effective? bhikkhu Jun 2013 #46

Enjoy the dream while it lasts. hunter Jun 2013 #45

The difference between a healthy equity and an unfair system is a few percentage points bhikkhu Jun 2013 #47

I totally agree with you blur256 Jun 2013 #55

The problem the USA faces is "clawing back" the wealth. hunter Jun 2013 #59

If I had to invent a movement, it would be something like "conscientious consumerism" bhikkhu Jun 2013 #72

Right on brother! Dustlawyer Jun 2013 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author Occulus Jun 2013 #49

Right on cue. nt woo me with science Jun 2013 #50

cool response. I truly say +1 graham4anything Jun 2013 #77

Such casual disregard for suffering seems out of place here. Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #79

No, I'm not the democratic party, just myself explaining poorly bhikkhu Jun 2013 #80

I don't think people are giving up. You're just taking our dissatisfaction Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #85

"Really"? chervilant Jun 2013 #87

Admittedly, that was poorly worded on my part bhikkhu Jun 2013 #92

I've been un- or under-employed for the last five years. chervilant Jun 2013 #93

You may be quite interested in the work of Herman and Chomsky on this... jimlup Jun 2013 #40

+10000 We are deeply and incessantly propagandized, woo me with science Jun 2013 #52

right you are! jimlup Jun 2013 #61

Check out the "do we really need a money system?" thread... hunter Jun 2013 #68

On the verge? We are off the cliff. tblue Jun 2013 #42

No, we can't all agree on that. Silent3 Jun 2013 #48

the sneaky return of feudalism librechik Jun 2013 #51

K and a great big R! Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2013 #53

Google Operation Mockingbird. They say that it has been discontinued. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #54

Just did. And apparently they have not. That's scary. blur256 Jun 2013 #56

Your tax dollars at work. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #57

K & R blur edhopper Jun 2013 #58

wish to? american has had an aristocracy since forever. it's just gotten more blatant in HiPointDem Jun 2013 #60

It was designed that way from the beginning. DevonRex Jun 2013 #63

It'll be "fixed" by people living their lives outside of the norm Corruption Inc Jun 2013 #67

I couldn't agree more. blur256 Jun 2013 #69

No. we cannot agree but it is your right to disagree. graham4anything Jun 2013 #76

Every DUer, every American should read "The Plutonomy Symposium: Rising Tides Lifting Yachts". Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #78

nice...bookmarking for later. KoKo Jun 2013 #84

k&r-agree 100% TheUnspeakable Jun 2013 #81

Yep..you nailed much of it... K&R KoKo Jun 2013 #83

Thank you. blur256 Jun 2013 #86

Would of been fixed, but we bailed it out in 2008. Now we wonder. Safetykitten Jun 2013 #89

K&R. nt DLevine Jun 2013 #90