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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe RW Plan Is Clear: Keep Americans Poor, Fearful and Pliable
You would think that people losing money and benefits would lead to open revolt. But more often than not, it leads to an every-man-for-himself bunker mentality as a sense of hopelessness born of the negating of empowerment takes place. People in a war zone tend to worry about basic survival, not ideology or philosophy.
The RW understands this. By assaulting a majority of Americans on all fronts simultaneously, they hope to break the financial backs and the emotional spirits of Americans by taking away the individual gains we've made under Ds since FDR. Gingrich has said that this is exactly their goal.
Our country is already divided, but we haven't seen anything like the fragmentation that is almost inevitable under complete RW control. We will be fighting for the few crumbs that fall from the tables of our masters. Servitude is back for most of us.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)these same tactics were used by the Morgan's,Carnegie's,Mellon's and other Mega rich to increase their wealth. Like the old man told me as a kid. If you got 50 cents a day,you were lucky. He stood in line for a day job and you may have had to beat the crap out someone to maintain your place in line.
And the Cops would require bribes in order to get into that line. All the makings are here for this again.
Generator
(7,770 posts)Diamond-the creep- on CBS this morning-he's "excited and optimistic" to work with Herr Trump.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)And to think,Obama called him the smartest man he knew.
If you have been following the verbiage of the Media in recent days. The phases being used have a subtle meaning of trust us we know best,and then attack anyone who is anti conservative.
Looks like the Mega Wealthy have bought protection against a coming Social Chaos.
2naSalit
(86,594 posts)about this in two books, at least, while she was connecting the dots. We ignored her at our peril, which will commence in one week.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Unfortunately, most people don't read. Also, most of the people who voted for Trump (a minority of Americans, let up never forget) cannot hear anything that is not fed to them by the RW media. They are forever lost to objective facts and reality. We can only hope they continue to be a minority and we can get the unbrainwashed to see truth and reason.
anarch
(6,535 posts)If people had the basic necessities of life, what would motivate them to toil away their lives for the oligarchs' profit?
Generator
(7,770 posts)America is no exception. We had a very few good years with the middle class being a thing. But that could not stand. I see a direct line from Reagan to Trump. If I hear "Reagan Democrat" I want to scream.
It's pathetic that a great depression again is the only way out of this. But people never learn history so they must repeat it.