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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-11 10:58 AM
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42. The game is never over. The wealthy take and take, until people get
angry enough to do something about it. And I don't mean walk in a cute parade, holding an ironic sign.

When people are willing to break the system to get their way, they'll get some concessions. Whether that's through mass strikes, or shutting down transit, or just generally making it clear to the Brooks Brothers crowd that they're about an inch away from going out like Mussolini, I don't know. When people are ready to do something like that, take the punishment their government will dish out, then do it again, we'll get somewhere. Power cedes nothing unless it has to, and right now it doesn't have to.
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