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In reply to the discussion: Update: First they took the manufacturing jobs and I didn't complain [View all]Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)the current situation is the result of human greed.
Not corporate greed, human greed.
Every one of us makes selfish decisions,
use a self-checkout to save 5 minutes
order books from amazon because its simple and fast
buy the neat doodad without considering where its manufactured or if we really need it at all
buying bottles of water because its convenient
holding a 20,000 people rally ..when a podcast or webcast would also work and have less pollution
I wrote that piece after a completely disheartening midterm election where people couldn't be bothered to show up to vote...for their own selfish reasons. And I hear the same crap today.
We are all failing to look out for one another.
We are failing to listen to one another and find solutions that work better for all of us
Bernie supporters are not less selfish than Hillary supporters.
There are no saints here. There are no saints in politics.