The real war is against us, regular Americans.
They are testing our limits, and have found little resistance.
We're mostly friendly, trusting, go along, get along. We believe in the promise of America, the American dream, the ability to be whatever, become whatever you want to be, thanks to the unlimited promise of America. Millions have achieved success, so we're assured we can, too. American success stories abound, if only we mirror them and achieve our success, all on our own, like our heroes, those we want to emulate in their success. Success is available for anyone, 'cuz America allows it to be so!
But the rules were changed, without notice to those of us who live outside the current "ruling class" without insider access to their methods.
Let's say we invented a better way to, I dunno, roast peanuts. We try to bring this to market, but some corp claims ownership of our idea. Well, you can't copyright an idea, so they steal it, brand it, sell it, and we are fucked out of our own idea, with the blessing of the copyright office.
How is this part of the American dream, if a corp can steal an idea and claim it as their own?
I have more thoughts on this and will post them later. Interested in thoughts in the meantime.
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the rules were changed but it was long before we realized we were being told a line of BS. This is very much like what was happening a century ago and it has come around full circle. The robber barons were forced to give us some of our rights but they have been taking them back ever since and telling us something else and we bought it. We were warned but nobody believed the warnings because... TV and keeping-up-with-the-Joneses and progress and weekends and iphones. And now we are standing here in the bread lines again and the militant "peace-keepers" are brutalizing us and listening in on everything we do to use it against us when we decide to rise up against them, they won't be letting that happen again if they can help it.
So every little thing they (the 1%) can do to take away anything that we want or expect as is our right to expect or make it impossible to do... like travel due to high costs or get education because ignorant people are easier to control or just send us into battle to impoverish us and take away our health and that of their enemies is the most expedient way to accomplish the austerity agenda that will give them control over everyone everywhere while they force us to serve them and their interests. It's why there is such a big fear of socialism in even the slightest situations because it generates a kind of equality the powerful can't tolerate which is why they manage to corrupt it so judiciously when it (socialism) makes a showing among the populace. If the powerful can't look down upon the masses, life isn't worth it for them, apparently.
I am sure I'll get blowback for this but I think that we should find a way to nationalize our natural resources, healthcare and commodities before we let the market decide that we have no right to water or air without fees paid to the 1%. The market is already taking the lead in creating and declaring wars that we are fighting and paying for to protect the interests of the wealthiest and that's really screwed up.
There is no direct positive correlation between capitalism and humanitarianism.
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