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In reply to the discussion: Why have the Majority Of Americans become so very much in favor of Feudalism? [View all]RKP5637
(67,112 posts)which suits them best, often I think, for monetary gain. Hence, we have a fractured nation. I am dubious that it can be 'glued' back together. Old institutions are failing because they have succumbed to greed in an egregious capitalistic system.
And money has power, and money rules and confines others, hence, most just talk. And, the control mechanisms for mass obedience to "the system" become more honed and entrenched each day.
And why don't the masses wake up, because a little suffering each day is said to be good for "the cause," but in effect that cause is financial oppression of the masses for the few. And that's the way it sadly works. That, is what we have become. And what about violence, ... it's a symptom of the decay underneath.