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(31,849 posts)KansDem
(28,498 posts)The "I hate big government" crowd can't or won't think far enough or deep enough to realize if we got rid of "big government," all that will remain is "big corporation."
Government = "of, for, and by the people"
Corporation = "of, for, and by the investors."
anenome
(1 post)In case you don't know, the government is just here to serve the corporate/banking elite. They are the ones who truly create the laws; own the country; and will be the ones to take over.
The U.S. government are just a bunch of puppets selected to serve the corporate elite and their interests.
Our votes really don't count. It's just the Government giving this nation of sheep the 'illusion' of freedom of choice.
As one of our founding fathers said, and I am paraphrasing, 'with each generation, there needs to be a revolution in order for the people to maintain control and keep their freedoms and rights'.
But how long has it been since we've had a revolution? The 60's? There were none in the 70's except burning disco records. The 80's were just a bunch of baby boomers selling out. And the 90's were nothing but a bunch of ass-kissers getting rich off of the internet coming to life. Now, since Bush and 2000, after a century or more, their plans have worked. The New World Order is very real and they have managed to dumb down, with each generation, just a little more and more to the point this new generation measures their I.Q. by their ability to remember last year's baseball stats, and stand in line at 3am for the new iPhone.
This country has just become a bunch of consuming wasteful sheep who don't think they can change a thing or, more likely, don't know or care what's going on anyway.
Just throw them a bone on occasion and they'll kiss your ass for shit wages, less benefits, and soon, no social security. And what is worse, is this is the generation who will be taking care of us in our 40's and 50's now...God I hope I die soon!!!!!!!
So much for Karl Marx's theory, 'Worker's of the world unite' and take their countries back. It ain't gonna happen!
KansDem
(28,498 posts)Hang around awhile. You'll find this site can be cathartic for body and soul...
DaveJ
(5,023 posts)They had something substantial (Vietnam and Segregation) to protest.
Now our armies are volunteer and people separate themselves according to age and race; and poor people, everyone says, made 'bad decisions'; if we attack Wall Street the whole economy will collapse and the uber-rich will be fine; of course, we can't literally attack the rich because that would be wrong; so there is no clear thing to protest that a substantial number will rally behind.
I do think we should be focusing more on corporations, though, not government.
kpete
(71,984 posts)but cheer up,
there are still a few scraps left at the table...
peace, kpete
louis-t
(23,292 posts)"If government does something you don't like, you can vote them out of office. If corporations own everything and you don't like something they do, what are you gonna do?"
KansDem
(28,498 posts)Teapublicans forget that government can be changed by voting. Try "voting" the CEO or board of directors out of corporate governance if you don't like what they're doing.
canuckledragger
(1,636 posts)DaveJ
(5,023 posts)and that didn't help anyone.
1999 was such an innocent time.
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)The programming is complete on this one.
duhneece
(4,112 posts)it's hard to call them the bad guys.
Uncle Joe
(58,349 posts)Thanks for the thread, kpete.
tblue
(16,350 posts)Trouble is THEY VOTE!