Why Don't the Poor Rise Up?

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12. "Why don't the Poor Rise UP?" Because the Multinational Corporations have been well prepared for

this -- their moment of triumph that's right around the corner. Their Wall Street is raking in profits
by the trillions at the expense of the rest of the nation, and the 90%-Main-Stream-Media owned
by them keeps much of the general population misinformed and misguided about their dirty and
crooked deals.

Then there is the police dep't which has been militarized from coast to coast. Whose side do
you think they will take, if there should be an "uprising by the people?" Will the police be for the
Multinational Corporations or will they be for the people? For an answer, all we need to do is to
look back to 2011 when a large group of non-violent Occupy Wall Streeters (OWS) sat peacefully
in protest at a park nearby to Manhattan's Wall Street. The police, nevertheless, tear-gassed
them, etc., and they were hauled off to jail -- even though the OWS protesters didn't raise a
finger to threaten the police. That was 4 years ago. OWS is still alive today, but very much
out-of-sight.

I think November, 2016 will be crucial. If Progressive Democrats should win the Presidency
and Congress at that time, the long, slow and difficult process of removing some of the Multinational
Corporate Power will begin. OWS may play its role again. And it will be an uphill battle - all the way.

But if the Multinational Corporations should win in 2016 -- God help us!!