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rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
16. Help? Help me decide there is zero hope? Yes. When people calling themselves Democrats
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 10:40 AM
Jun 2016

support a corporate run oligarchy and disparage those that would fight for freedom it shows that 1. They are susceptible to the propaganda of the Oligarchy, 2. They have been raised to put their personal comfort above being free and thinking for themselves, and 3. They can some how, rationalize that helping corporations make profits is more important than helping the 2.5 million homeless children. And they call themselves Democrats.

I want a revolution but no violence. I know that the Corp-Oligarchy will not allow that because they want the violence, they welcome the violence because they can use it. They will pit one section of the 99% against the other and use the violence to justify clamping down more on our rights. Actually we've had a good start on this civil war. The Oligarchy is currently militarizing the local police forces and promoting tough drug laws that see the minority communities targeted and singled out to be incarcerated. This can't continue before the minority communities rebel. Sadly, it seems the minority communities, fault the white middle class in lieu of the Oligarchy. Racial unrest plays directly into the hands of the Oligarchy. Don't get me wrong, blaming the white middle class is understandable as that is where the support lies for "voting" in the Corporate politicians. What's sadly ironic is that the portion of the middle class that supports the Big Corporations (New-Democrats) will tell you they support the minority communities and they think they do. But it's their elected politicians, call them neo-liberals or New-Democrats, that have clamped down hard on the minority communities.
Michelle Alexander explains it clearly in her book, "The New Jim Crow." The New-Democrats (DLC) clamped down hard on drug laws that effected mostly the AA and other minority communities. Not only that they severely damaged welfare programs but also made it impossible for felons to get welfare, foodstamps, and help with education costs. And why one might ask? To win over those Americans that support the conservative racial agenda. The New-Democrats created the current racial under-caste. And yet there are people that claim to be fighting for racial rights but that support the New-Democrat's agenda.



Things Won't Change Significantly Until Citizens Demand Better Through Direct Action cantbeserious May 2016 #1
That's it in a nutshell MissDeeds May 2016 #4
fracking and war oldandhappy May 2016 #2
Oh I agree there are differences in the candidates and I will fight against the candidates rhett o rick May 2016 #5
yep. well said oldandhappy May 2016 #9
The system isn't broken; the system is fixed. CrispyQ May 2016 #3
I am looking for someone with a theory on how we can stop our rush to global disaster. rhett o rick May 2016 #6
On this issue, my optimism doesn't even reach a glass half empty outlook. CrispyQ May 2016 #7
Oh how I wish I could give you a good answer for that... tex-wyo-dem May 2016 #8
Look at how complicated the whole thing is getting Warpy May 2016 #10
As much as it burns, we have to follow the GOP playbook demwing May 2016 #11
I noticed the repubs starting to do this exact thing back in the 80s. pangaia Jun 2016 #14
Find a way to starve the beast aspirant May 2016 #12
Capitalism won't allow it. The beast is not caged and if we try to starve it, it rhett o rick May 2016 #13
"One we will continue to allow the beast to steal our standard of living " That's what the beast jtuck004 Jun 2016 #15
Help? Help me decide there is zero hope? Yes. When people calling themselves Democrats rhett o rick Jun 2016 #16
Act like Democrats. You mean the ones turning over school buses and teaching their kids to beat up jtuck004 Jun 2016 #17
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