why is there no outcry in america ... Robert Reich piece [View all]

[MichaelSoE]

when i was a teen i postulated that the powers that be held on to their power because we underlings were tossed a bone with meat on it. now there is no meat on the bone and like what mr. reich wrote, change will come. right now there is still a bone so maybe it will be reform. if they take away the bone in the future it will be revolution. you'd think that the powers are smart enough to not allow it to come to that.

The answer is complex, but three reasons stand out.

First, the working class is paralyzed with fear it will lose the jobs and wages it already has.

Second, students don’t dare rock the boat.

In prior decades students were a major force for social change. They played an active role in the Civil Rights movement, the Free Speech movement, and against the Vietnam War.

Third and finally, the American public has become so cynical about government that many no longer think reform is possible.

http://robertreich.org/post/74519195381