Why Aren't We Having a Middle Class Revolt?
I've been asking myself the same question.
I think the author raises some valid points, but I would add that the Plutocrats have managed via their right wing propaganda machine to successfully divide the public by convincing a large percentage of them that they are being screwed not by them, but by "those people". I think this graphic demonstrates it quite well. http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/z...publican-1.jpg http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-pol...age=1#bookmark Quote:
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Because the Republicans have the middle class feeling guilty for what they've done to the rich.
Until this changes, the gap will continue to grow. Dave |
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This middle class person is too busy working her butt off for a revolt.
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The charismatic leaders with a good plan are pretty nonexistent also. The average Joe (me included) has no idea how to implement and finance that type of movement, If the right person/people would/could start a promising movement, I think they might actually get pretty strong support.
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The agitators of past eras were influenced heavily by sociali$ts and communists from Europe.
the people coming in now are rightists, anti sociali$ts, fascists even. |
Because right now your life is still to cushy.
When your willing to go out of the house with the mindset that your willing to die thats when. When a country starts uprisings it's generally around 50% of the population out of work. With high inflation and food shortages, people just can't buy food. This has been happening all over the world and will continue. Arab spring, Greece, Ukraine the list goes on and on. The 50% unemployment with the youth always seems to contribute to it. Don't worry the US is getting very close. http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/z...publican-1.jpg The photo is funny to me because I look at it as the worker can vote Dem or Rep it doesn't matter. And the one holding the money bag is the Bankster and they don't vote for anybody. They control the system and who gets voted in, the politician can stay if the do there bidding. As California is having a sever drought and the rest of the breadbasket is freezing think about this older survey. Provisions Shortage Sparked Arab Spring http://aheadoftheherd.com/Newsletter...rab-Spring.htm “Social unrest may reflect a variety of factors such as poverty, unemployment, and social injustice. Despite the many possible contributing factors, the timing of violent protests in North Africa and the Middle East in 2011 as well as earlier riots in 2008 coincides with large peaks in global food prices.” M. Lagi, K.Z. Bertrand and Y. Bar-Yam, "The Food Crises and Political Instability in North Africa and the Middle East" New England Complex Systems Institute Population growth and increasing demand for food supplies go hand in hand. Unfortunately yield increases have generally leveled off and supply is barely keeping up with demand. The fact is, that today, we’re one poor harvest, one Black Swan event away from a food supply catastrophe and a repeat of the food shortages that caused the Arab Spring. These facts should be on everyone’s radar screen. Are they on yours? |
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