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In reply to the discussion: "There is no word to adequately describe the anger, frustration, & disbelief that Americans are feeling.." [View all]PatrickforB
(15,549 posts)and quite unfortunately, revolution may happen. We must remember that any government governs at the SUFFRANCE of the people, and since about 1995, I have noticed that Congress doesn't seem to care at all about what Americans actually want. They are more in tune with pleasing their donors.
Honestly, I'm so fucking sick of being told how people are going to fight for me while this shit stays the same. Trump is a symptom of the class war that has been successfully waged by the robber barons since 1935. They have played the long game, and now we have that Heritage Foundation asshole who is saying the revolution will be bloodless if the left lets it be.
Fuck all those assholes. People are fucking ANGRY. They are. And I'm not thinking the establishment of our party understands that at a visceral level. But I'm seeing 1789 and guillotine memes more frequently now, and people are talking about revolution.
I'm too old for this shit, nearly 70, so I don't want any part of that. So yeah, let's hope the new Congress has a fucking spine. They need to raise taxes on corporations and billionaires, get rid of Citizens United, change the rules of corporate governance to hold workers, consumers and the environment EQUAL in weight to profits, and give us Medicare for all Americans. Also bolster Social Security so it stays solvent. It is a SACRED TRUST and I've paid into both for the 40 years I've worked. Do those things and Dems would likely never lose another election for decades.