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Let's get this Class War started.
Christopher Hedges shines the light of truth on the current Oligarchic class, the plight and backslide of American workers, and historical references making a powerful case for revolution.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/lets_get_this_class_war_started_20131020/
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Let's get this Class War started. (Original Post)
bluedeathray
Nov 2013
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Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)1. This is an old article, and
IMO the class war is over, and our class lost. We just didn't have enough money to buy laws and media outlets, or enough guts to fight the war on a level at which we could have won it.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)2. You beat me to th is, and it is accurate.
Conservatives have been fighting unlimited class warfare for decades against an enemy that was divided, unarmed, and ignorant that there was a war going on.
4dsc
(5,787 posts)3. people are sheep in this country
and no amount of suffering will get them off their backsides and in the streets. Just won't happen and ruling class know this.