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2016 Postmortem

felix_numinous

(5,198 posts)

6. When the game has been rigged

Reply to arendt (Original post)

Tue May 10, 2016, 02:57 PM

May 2016

we have to change the game.

“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders…and millions have been killed because of this obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves… (and) the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.”

― Howard Zinn

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Maybe Progressives Should Go On Strike [View all] arendt May 2016 OP

You realize that you get to SELECT the "Union Boss" in this tortured analogy? brooklynite May 2016 #1

not if the system is rigged virtualobserver May 2016 #2

that's too much work - whining is much easier DrDan May 2016 #3

I joined the party! hellofromreddit May 2016 #18

That is the Change. Leadership now answers to a higher power than mere voters. Octafish May 2016 #4

To those on my ignore list: I already dealt with the lie that the DNC is playing fair. arendt May 2016 #5

When the game has been rigged felix_numinous May 2016 #6

They should because the party has been purposefully replacing working class voters with RW Scabs. Dragonfli May 2016 #7

the party's run like a sweatshop MisterP May 2016 #8

She is weak dishwater Vote2016 May 2016 #9

Aaaaaand Kick! (nt) CentralCoaster May 2016 #10

So does that mean a work stoppage on posting RW talking points on liberal message boards? Recursion May 2016 #11

Recursion—I don’t know. I can’t—and won’t—speak for Hillary’s voters. CobaltBlue May 2016 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author artislife May 2016 #13

:) Lucinda May 2016 #14

Glad somebody caught that :) Recursion May 2016 #16

I'm progressive. My candidate is winning. You, and this article, do not speak Lucinda May 2016 #15

When a Progressive goes on strike, he/she registers as an Independent. randome May 2016 #17