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2016 Postmortem

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Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 08:32 AM Mar 2016

Many may still be sleeping, but the awakening has begun! [View all]

In their somnolence many are only dimly aware of lies and propaganda as told by the corporate owned media and thus some support a candidate that openly and habitually lies to them in order to continue serving her masters that have already made her a multimillionaire by doing their bidding at our expense.

However some dreamers have awakened! Many no longer follow the mcpravda media and are seeing with their own newly opened eyes as their lives and livelihoods fall apart all around them while the billionaires capture all the wealth created by the work and effort of those that see themselves falling either from middle class into the working poor, or from the poor to the desperately impoverished. while at the same time witnessing the once solid safety nets put into place to keep them safe and fed, free from the horrid conditions of more Dickensian times being ripped to shreds little by little before their eyes, with both parties complicit in their destruction.

One need look no farther than a Republican stump speech or the more cleverly hidden common goals of the new Democrats that have become Vichy collaborators that hide their plans in the open to destroy those safeguards against complete hopelessness by perusing the chapters of the PPI or Third Way sites where they scheme with the (john Birch Society Transformed) Republican party to not only recreate the gilded age (which they have already done).

But to surpass it via the now global neo-liberalism and it's trade deals to the bottom, it's austerity, it's privatization of all the nations commons, it's near enslavement of all the worlds workers, and it's desired complete destruction of any semblance of a middle class in an insane attempt to create the wealthiest class ever, which will create the poorest population conceivable.

The new generations are fully awake however and are beginning to feel their power and the power of unity that will in time destroy the depravities and horrors of completely unchecked Capitalism via revolution. The question becomes when and how at this point, the people united win!!! Once after a depression a man and his political revolution saved us from the very same plan at this very same stage, by mixing Socialism with Capitalism and regulating it and thereby defanging the beast of it's venom.

His name was Franklin D. Roosevelt. WE that are awake, those that are awakening, and those of a younger generation not polluted by propaganda must either unite again in a similar political revolution, or else they WILL succeed with their Dickensian utopia until such a time as a different sort of Revolution occurs - one involving a great deal of blood, death, and in the end a victor that may or may not be any better than the ruling elite that it defeats, that is if it defeats it at all the first go around

For the sake of us all, I hope we make the better choice for all of humanity as this is history folks and history almost always ends up with the bloody revolution. However unlike in the past, we are facing an Extinction level event that threatens many of the lifeforms on the planet including humanity itself and so we lack the luxury of time and blood soaked streets and the turmoil that follows such ever recurring events before things settle and we begin to repair the damage being done to the biosphere that supports us.

Not to be an alarmist, but the alarm has already sounded and we not only need to fight and win a political revolution and defeat the plutocrats, we must restore balance and sanity again, but we must do so quickly.

We must unite as well and stop being divided by minor differences within our species (in truth there is only one human race regardless of melanin content, shape of eye, differences in sex organs, or varying choices of sexuality and we need to wake up from meaningless differences very quickly if we are to survive) we absolutely must unify and do so quickly..

There is no more time to play history's games of the wealthy siphoning everything until a revolution occurs, or the games of racism, sexism, or any other isms.

For time is too short and not only must the quality of life of the struggling and ever more impoverished masses be resolved, but unity must happen or not only will the impoverished grow hungry, but the entire human race will cease to exist.

We have run out of time to play the DNC and RNC games and fully awaken not only to live well, but to live at all.
The Younger generation has begun to glean this and so must we all, and unfortunately time is so short that such grand goals with such high stakes must begin by winning a simple yet difficult to win political revolution happening in this very election. Made so unnecessarily difficult by pure, short sighted ridiculous greed of people like the Clintons, their third way and the Republicans.


Let us all awaken now!!!!

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Yell Fire! tk2kewl Mar 2016 #1
An outstanding accompaniment piece, the perfect choice of song for the OP Dragonfli Mar 2016 #2
thank you for the post tk2kewl Mar 2016 #3
HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Mar 2016 #4
Thank you for taking the time to read it, I value both your time and opinion. Dragonfli Mar 2016 #5
+1!!! ^^^This, this this this!!!^^^^^^ Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #6
An excellent OP, we definitely need a New Deal 2.0 right now. Waiting For Everyman Mar 2016 #7
“If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed" Dragonfli Mar 2016 #13
Beautifully thought out and very well written! PWPippin Mar 2016 #8
Welcome! The bernie effect is a wonderful thing Dragonfli Mar 2016 #15
You put thought, heart and your life experiences into your posts. PWPippin Mar 2016 #25
K&R Iwillnevergiveup Mar 2016 #9
There are so many great OPs on this site, but I see so few that understand the urgency Dragonfli Mar 2016 #18
PERFECT! monicaangela Mar 2016 #10
You honor me far beyond my abilities, but I must admit, You always give me great encouragement Dragonfli Mar 2016 #19
Trust me, I am not exaggerating monicaangela Mar 2016 #37
Vichy collaborators, discard isms for time is short, it is too short. We have run out of short time. betsuni Mar 2016 #11
you're funny, incapable of reading more than one liners and buzz words to distort, but you're funny Dragonfli Mar 2016 #14
... betsuni Mar 2016 #29
Yummmm Lettuce jdadd Mar 2016 #22
Thanks for the kick!, I really appreciate you guys keeping me on the first page on GDP Dragonfli Mar 2016 #26
Lettuce...frisée or romaine? Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #23
Thanks for the kick!, I really appreciate it, you guys have been a great help! Dragonfli Mar 2016 #27
Can't always oblige, but can always be obliging. Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #28
Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Mar 2016 #12
That is like kicked and recommended a whole bunch squared, I notice these things, Thanks! Dragonfli Mar 2016 #20
But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #16
You always have the best quotes! You always have! Dragonfli Mar 2016 #21
Absolutely. Octafish Mar 2016 #17
You understand thse things far better than I, I am still hoping Dragonfli Mar 2016 #24
There is so much at stake. CrispyQ Mar 2016 #30
Thank you for posting that video, people need to see these things very badly Dragonfli Mar 2016 #34
They must loathe us. We're such a noisy, invasive species. CrispyQ Mar 2016 #45
Amazing footage! monicaangela Mar 2016 #38
This is a wonderful OP! Punkingal Mar 2016 #31
Thank you! I speak from my own mind, but I am well encouraged when Dragonfli Mar 2016 #32
You're a freaking thinktank, Dragonfli! dchill Mar 2016 #33
LOL, well I just hope my brain doesn't drown. Dragonfli Mar 2016 #35
I don't think I'm overthinking anything... dchill Mar 2016 #36
Dark days indeed, we had Bush and Darth Cheney destroying the middle east and continuing Dragonfli Mar 2016 #41
You are placing too much emphasis on formal education monicaangela Mar 2016 #39
ahhhh the Awakening.... marions ghost Mar 2016 #40
I see sighs of such an awakening yet still too many are glued to cable-harnessed lie boxes /nt Dragonfli Mar 2016 #42
kick for the night crew /nt Dragonfli Mar 2016 #43
This might help quicken the awakening. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #44
I've friends not speaking to me because I dare Duppers Mar 2016 #46
It is much better to be honest with them than pretend all is well, it is that illusion that Dragonfli Mar 2016 #49
Thank you. Duppers Mar 2016 #50
You had me at "Vichy collaborators"!! Excellent description of the DLC/3rd Way type Democrats. FighttheFuture Mar 2016 #47
I am with you. jwirr Mar 2016 #48
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