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In reply to the discussion: WE HAVE LOST OUR SOUL [View all]gopiscrap
(23,726 posts)102. So often in the middle class I have that if it doesn't directly and immediately affect them
they don't care. Also TPTB have us where they want us...for the vast majority we have just enough to sustain us (food, housing, clothing) to forstall a riot, but also have us in a place where almost all of us are one to 3 paychecks from being on the street. To me the only thing that is going to change our apathy is either a depression or a revolution.
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Take the money out of politics, that is the ONLY way we will become a civil society again.
sabrina 1
Sep 2013
#20
We let "Christian Dominionists" infiltrate our Government. These results were expected.
blkmusclmachine
Sep 2013
#27
So you think I was living in some kind of bubble because I was in the military?
zeemike
Sep 2013
#77
I well remember those times, when it seemed we might actually become a nation with a soul.
niyad
Sep 2013
#48
We need to do something stunning, purposeful, and shocking but not terrifying or lethal or evil.
leveymg
Sep 2013
#54
Yes And get at least 10 people who have never voted in state or local elections to VOTE in 2014.
kelliekat44
Sep 2013
#74
K&R! I am glad to see that COMPLETE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM (CCFR) is gaining traction!
Dustlawyer
Sep 2013
#82
So often in the middle class I have that if it doesn't directly and immediately affect them
gopiscrap
Oct 2013
#102