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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 09:22 PM Original message |
I think Bloomberg's actions are reflective of the paranoia infecting the ruling class everywhere... |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because people greatly outnumber the police the government needs most people to police themselves. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. CORRECT |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Absolutely! Fear keeps power structures in place - from Wall Street to the Vatican. |
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Phlem (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. I hope your correct. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. they're not paranoid or fearful. They're just sadistic. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. 'To Tell the Truth'? |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's not just about fear -- it's about legitimacy |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. As Naomi Klein notes, "shock wears off" |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. So we might beware of even greater "shocks". nm |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. Exactly. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. These past weeks, I keep thinking of a passage from Lord of the Rings. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I was thinking about the Ents just the other day |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 03:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Horizontal decision-making, spread out like a web of roots underground... |
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tex-wyo-dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. The ruling class ARE very nervous... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. If they really knew their history they wouldn't have let it get to this point.. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
13. they are the 1%, they're NOT the "ruling class" they're the screw-up class |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. right now, and until he is stopped - Bloomberg IS the ruling class in NYC. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I do not recognize them as my "betters", they rule by force they are the 1% |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. True. (no text) |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. You said it. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
16. private NYC streets - access blocked by Bloomie's private security force - the NYPD |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. vive le fearlessness |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. I don't think they are afraid ... yet. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Machiavelli said never leave you enemy with nothing left to lose or he will |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. Nail - Head |
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