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In reply to the discussion: My Wife Believes American Workers Being Positioned To Accept Lower Living Standard. [View all]ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)have allowed it. Millions lost jobs and homes through no fault of their own (unless you want to argue that some Americans who could not afford them signed the bottom line on new homes) and what do you hear? Silence.
Millions lost billions and billions of dollars to the financial crash of 2008. Silence.
1.3 million, and another ~64,000/mo this year, and what do you hear? Silence.
Million of Americans lose SNAP benefits. Silence.
Millions denied Medicaid expansion funds. Silence (with half the idiot population cheering it on, even.)
Americans, on the whole, are frightened, well-conditioned cowards who will do nothing except cower in a fetal position while remaining...Silent (although there may be some occasional audible whimpering that will be stomped in the mud by brutal police-state means. Think Occupy. ).