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Americans Abroad

Blue_In_AK

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11. Americans have been so brainwashed

Reply to WHEN CRABS ROAR (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 07:06 PM

Dec 2013

by the concept of "American exceptionalism," "land of the free," etc. etc. etc. that they will never open their eyes to the gross injustices going on here. Now they're convincing people who can't find work that it's somehow their fault and that they deserve to suffer.

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Happening now- Korea [View all] James48 Dec 2013 OP

Good for them. If only Americans would do the same nt abelenkpe Dec 2013 #1

If only. This should happen world-wide, a workers protest of the 2%, poor pay and poor conditions kelliekat44 Dec 2013 #19

K&R Teamster Jeff Dec 2013 #2

K and R cinnabonbon Dec 2013 #3

Meanwhile, in the US of A ... Scuba Dec 2013 #4

American Sheeple WowSeriously Dec 2013 #6

And look where it has gotten us. First they got everyone to make concessions. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #27

Geez, what happened in 1980? CrispyQ Dec 2013 #33

Ask the Air Traffic Controllers. They might know. Scuba Dec 2013 #35

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2013 #5

We should learn from this. WHEN CRABS ROAR Dec 2013 #7

Americans have been so brainwashed Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #11

The Rich in America have mastered the art of propaganda AZ Progressive Dec 2013 #17

+1000 Plucketeer Dec 2013 #21

KICK!@ Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #8

More on the background- James48 Dec 2013 #9

"protest the government's election-rigging and union-busting." iandhr Dec 2013 #10

Yes James48 Dec 2013 #14

here`s some background on korea's labor problems madrchsod Dec 2013 #15

the korean unions do not fuck around.... madrchsod Dec 2013 #12

The 1% will simply move their operations to a non-union country magical thyme Dec 2013 #13

Yup, it'll only work if worker unions go global, like corporations have. nt SunSeeker Dec 2013 #18

That's a very good point. factsarenotfair Dec 2013 #28

Thanks for posting! HUGE K & R BelgianMadCow Dec 2013 #16

Is Dancing With the Stars on tonight? n/t jtuck004 Dec 2013 #20

It's a rerun with Tom Delay and Tonya Harding; Linda Tripp and Ollie North are the judges. NBachers Dec 2013 #23

The American way. Freedum. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2013 #24

LOL! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #26

South Korea is pretty much controlled by about seven corporations Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #22

But yet the life of the average South Korean is much better than life totodeinhere Dec 2013 #30

I guess I get to be the first to throw the BS flag. rhett o rick Dec 2013 #36

Yes, you are wrong. You seem to want to put the worst possible interpretation on totodeinhere Dec 2013 #38

If I misunderstood your intention, I apologize. But you seemed to make light of rhett o rick Dec 2013 #39

Perspective? Trying living there for two years like I did before moving to China. Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #40

This is inspirational. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #25

Korea's always good for a lively demonstration MrScorpio Dec 2013 #29

These things tend to happen iamthebandfanman Dec 2013 #31

SOLIDARITY! L0oniX Dec 2013 #32

K&R. Glad to hear it. Overseas Dec 2013 #34

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #37

I'm in Korea and heard about this as well davidpdx Jan 2014 #41