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Bernie Sanders – What Happened to the American Dream? (Original Post) tracks29 Mar 2015 OP
K&R..... daleanime Mar 2015 #1
The American people woke up in 1980 after living the dream after almost 50 years in the geretogo Mar 2015 #2
I sincerely hope everyone MissDeeds Mar 2015 #3
it's simple Adam051188 Mar 2015 #4
Perfect time for a "Carlin-izm..." ProudProg2u Mar 2015 #5
it was really real though once upon a time Adam051188 Mar 2015 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author ProudProg2u Mar 2015 #8
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This message was self-deleted by its author ProudProg2u Mar 2015 #9
Everyone should watch this video Pooka Fey Mar 2015 #7
Required viewing for everyone. Wonderful film, do you know the origin? Who made it & when? appalachiablue Mar 2015 #11
Run Bernie Run Geronimoe Mar 2015 #12
nancy pelosi is someone i'd trust to turn my back towards Adam051188 Mar 2015 #13
This video aspirant Apr 2015 #14

geretogo

(1,281 posts)
2. The American people woke up in 1980 after living the dream after almost 50 years in the
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 05:49 PM
Mar 2015

shadow of Franklin Roosevelt believing that was the real America . The illusions on the wall
have disappeared leaving only a hard cold life in Ayn Rands hell on earth .

 

MissDeeds

(7,499 posts)
3. I sincerely hope everyone
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 05:50 PM
Mar 2015

here will take four minutes to watch this. It is incredibly powerful and heartbreaking. Bernie Sanders is a voice for our times; he gets it.

Big K&R

 

Adam051188

(711 posts)
4. it's simple
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 06:11 PM
Mar 2015

the empowered elite realized that humans are fundamentally stupid creatures and will believe pretty much anything that someone who resembles an authority figure tells them. that principal is used to implement the divide and conquer strategy of economic disenfranchisement.

see, Americans are alright if you can isolate one of them and talk sense to them, usually they'll behave reasonably and recognize logic and reason, even if they can't seem to understand what exactly it is that they are recognizing. they'll nod their heads in a somewhat disoriented fashion and say something like "well, things just are the way they are".

google search "mass culture".

 

ProudProg2u

(133 posts)
5. Perfect time for a "Carlin-izm..."
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 06:13 PM
Mar 2015

Yeah,The "American Dream" "Because you got to be Fucking asleep to believe it...!"

George Carlin The "Mark Twain of our time"...

 

Adam051188

(711 posts)
6. it was really real though once upon a time
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 06:20 PM
Mar 2015

then the baby boomers happened

generation "we can do whatever we want and it will be just fine"

that's not really the right way to word it. so what is?....hmmm....

generation "knowledge and understanding are superfluous, feeling good is critical."

I'm somewhat disheartened by the current state of affairs regarding our nations educational practices, accepted child rearing normalities, and cultural obsession with violence.

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appalachiablue

(41,051 posts)
11. Required viewing for everyone. Wonderful film, do you know the origin? Who made it & when?
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 06:52 PM
Mar 2015

The US is loosing its Middle Class, the largest & greatest the world has ever seen. We are No. 2 behind Canada since 2013. We are now No. 17 in Education in the world. Having no large middle class and mobility upwards through education & jobs, means a tiny ruling elite class of the very wealthy, a very small middle class, and a huge lower class. That means no way out for the many, in the lower class. it means mass misery & suffering. Things have to change, now.

 

Adam051188

(711 posts)
13. nancy pelosi is someone i'd trust to turn my back towards
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 07:00 PM
Mar 2015

even a stopped clock is right twice a day, you just have to look at it at the right time.

aspirant

(3,533 posts)
14. This video
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 09:57 AM
Apr 2015

has real feeling. It's a side of Bernie that will resonate across America.

GO PRESIDENT BERNIE

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