CNN: Will Our Economy Trigger Violence In US? People Are Frustrated,Angry & Disgusted W/ Government
stockholmer
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Sat Jun-11-11 12:47 AM
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CNN: Will Our Economy Trigger Violence In US? People Are Frustrated,Angry & Disgusted W/ Government |
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Sat Jun-11-11 01:19 AM
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1. Violence in the streets? I'm surprised it has taken this long... |
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People should have been in the street with torches back in 2003 when Bush-Cheney-Colin Powell and Rumsfeld lied us into a needless war that cost $3 trillion. (All the while our roads and bridges crumbled and Amerca was jobless)
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Sat Jun-11-11 01:24 AM
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2. If they cut food stamps, wouldn't be a bit surprised. |
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Sat Jun-11-11 01:30 AM
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3. Yes - and if food and gas prices keep going up. |
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Sat Jun-11-11 02:15 AM
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6. If they cut food stamps, a massive hunger-strike should be launched. |
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Since using violence would only serve to boost profits for the private prison system owners, organizing a massive hunger-strike should be the only truly effective alternative (one or two weeks, and the PTB will fold).
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Sat Jun-11-11 02:20 PM
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9. umm, if they have no access to food stamps, a hunger strike will be FORCED on many |
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no one will need to start one.
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Sat Jun-11-11 01:54 AM
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4. Bonnie and Clyde et al were seen by many as heros |
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During the last Depression the victims knew who had robbed them....the same Mega-predators who haunt Wall Street now. Banks were despised.
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Sat Jun-11-11 02:01 AM
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5. Using violence would only ensure more profits for the private prison system |
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Edited on Sat Jun-11-11 02:03 AM by Amonester
Using violence would not 'work' but a massive nation-wide hunger strike would (after a week or two).
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Sat Jun-11-11 11:21 PM
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10. Im thinking people that resort to violence would already be hungry |
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and a big reason why they would be running through the streets with torch in hand And seriously, you think the same people that are resposible for this mess, will all of a sudden care that we are starving ourselves to death? The Elite would love if 6 billion of us just died and went away. They know the world cant suppot this many people. We would be doing them a favor.
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Sat Jun-11-11 02:51 AM
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7. people are frustrated and angry. |
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Sat Jun-11-11 07:22 AM
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8. It is definitely possible. Think of the riots of the past 50 years.... |
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.....most happened against a background of discrimination and poverty. But poverty and discrimination over something besides race could happen today, and it could be provoked by a single incident which just sends desperate people over the edge.
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