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In reply to the discussion: We Are Screwed... [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)56. Doubt it.
What's more likely is that the country will sink in submission to the banks, remain as serfs for decades into the future.
As long as the Disjointed States of America exist, and fat people rule from their Lax-Z-Boys (ie, voters), nothing will change.
There will be individuals, and perhaps groups of a few thousands who will march, even try and fight, and those kinds of numbers can be handled by police or military a lot easier than most people think.
It really won't matter until the people willing to resist number in the millions, and then ONLY if they have learned how to voice and recognize the oppressed and the oppressors, and are willing to turn away from it, jumping from their chairs and throwing the remotes into the street.
It won't take guns, and it won't be done with stupid children running around in the streets smashing windows. It will take political organizing and education along the lines of what we used to do in the early part of the century, and the wholesale creation of a party that would take the hit of not living on debt, and making this country truly cooperative again.
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The removal of Glass–Steagall was signed by bill clinton. That is why romney speaks favorably about
still_one
Jul 2012
#2
unfortunately yes. Selling America at the cost of American jobs, the foundation of rethug policies
still_one
Jul 2012
#5
He devistated this nation. He and his fellow conservatives destroyed hundreds of thousands of
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#54
They have corrupted the system. The system doesnt work any more. The system cant save us. nm
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#30
But..but..they said really icky things might happen if we didn't pay up.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2012
#6
Die on my feet. I intend to do as much damage as possible if it comes to that. I am disabled -
firenewt
Jul 2012
#35
We don't have the guts that we had when we fought the British to have our own country.
L0oniX
Jul 2012
#22
I dunno. Iraqi guerrillas put up staunch resistance for most of the eight year long war in Iraq.
Selatius
Jul 2012
#46
I could not agree more. You left out the fact that under the guise of "Tort Reform"
Dustlawyer
Jul 2012
#38
Seriously, I thought this was going to happen when the Occupy movement started.....
a kennedy
Jul 2012
#45