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In reply to the discussion: In the U.S. 49.7 Million Are Now Poor, and 80% of the Total Population Is Near Poverty [View all]raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)And those who insulate themselves from real world.
Locked up tight in climate controlled high rises while we suffer from the climate swings they bequeath us.
Spoon feeding themselves cheery news from the media outlets they control. While we, as our forefathers, try to cling tightly to what is left of our free press.
Buying off our democracy and utilizing its powers for corporate expansion across the globe.
All supported, labored towards and funded by short sighted, money hungry maniacs who care nothing about what they accomplish with the life they are given. Only to assist as much as they can in a battle whose victory cry is the total betrayal of what so many fought and died to protect and labored and struggled to leave us.
One can continue to wear the blinders. To pretend that someone, somewhere, who really cares is in charge. That the buck does indeed stop somewhere. That it isn't them for God's sake! It can't be *gasp* me! When all along, the only villain they ever had any control over stares at them dumbly from a dim reflection.
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