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jtuck004

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77. Oh, ok. Like George Zimmerman or the fleabag who shot the father for disrespecting him
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 05:21 PM
Feb 2014

in the theater. Yet whatever scared them is still scaring them, I am guessing. Not much of a solution.

Or the guillotine of the Sans-Culotte in France, who made up the bulk of the forces on the Left in the French Revolution. At first it was ok, beheading the tyrants and all. But in the end their leaders and thousands of them were also beheaded, and the wealthy took over.

Oops. Not much of a solution there, either.

It's an interesting problem. You are thinking about the piggies. They are also thinking about themselves (believe me when I tell you that you are invisible in their world - they would NEVER think about us) .

Who does that leave to think about you?

(This guy, was thinking about you, and them...maybe if the French hadn't ignored him back in 1550.... People think this is a NEW problem?)

Please don't fool yourself. The wealthy aren't afraid of us at all, and most everyone, deep inside, know that. All these little rabble rousers running around talking about guillotines and crap are mostly just ignorant of history. While it might be possible to depose them at the point of a gun, there is a reason that Rockefeller is quoted as saying "The time to make money is when there is blood running in the streets".

The wealthy see revolution as a buying opportunity. That's why they laugh and throw McDonald's applications down on protestors. They aren't afraid of you, of us, at all. They know we are too dull to be of any real threat, and nearly any solution that those now in servitude come up with is going to be done inside the limits they have set, and the most violent can be easily controlled with their military and police, the NSA, the government.

If you really want to change things, you will also need a union that worked toward giving you control like the Industrial Unions. Make business come to you, on your terms. It's a lot harder, and you will probably get killed before it gets better. It's easy to walk out of the field, much harder to leave the apparent safety of the Master's house. Regardless, until one commits to that, they will never end their servitude.

They don't teach this stuff much of anywhere public, but if you get a chance (probably in a nearby university library) you may want to read
Them and Us:The Struggles of a Rank-and-File Union - by James J. Matles & James Higgins
or
The Autobiography of Mother Jones by Jones (Mother Jones), Mary Harris

These are their songs, http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/iww.html
I like The Preacher and the Slave ("Pie in the Sky&quot

and perhaps this: http://field-negro.blogspot.com/2012/05/its-21st-century-but-house-negro-is.html#.UwUfsmfyOsQ

The study of these will give you a whole different idea about Unions, who is your friend and who isn't, about slavery and servitude.

Heck, it might change your tune.

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Parasites feeling nervous as more people catch on to their scheme. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #1
What Were They Thinking? Stainless Feb 2014 #41
They are not the best, the brightest, or the hardest-working. No one believes this anymore. reformist2 Feb 2014 #2
+8,749 Scuba Feb 2014 #13
They got lucky, most of them. Laelth Feb 2014 #23
There's an actual study on this, most were at right place right time and was prepared (link) uponit7771 Feb 2014 #54
Excellent link. Thanks for posting. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #75
I hope their dreams are full of the sound a guillotine makes. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #3
Yeah, poor things Holly_Hobby Feb 2014 #4
are there limits on pitchforks yet? irisblue Feb 2014 #5
I have considered going into the guillotine business. Laelth Feb 2014 #21
Propane is so dashedly expensive these days. Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #33
Good - they're paying attention. nt TBF Feb 2014 #6
It is normal and regular for the wealthy to go off the deep end. bemildred Feb 2014 #7
K & R malaise Feb 2014 #8
They've had their "Let them eat cake" moment already berni_mccoy Feb 2014 #9
Strippers at funerals! Brigid Feb 2014 #10
i want those at my funeral, for sure! nt xchrom Feb 2014 #11
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH POOR THINGS! durablend Feb 2014 #12
And they're too stupid to realize that we prepare their food. Scuba Feb 2014 #14
+1. They rely on our good will, whether they know it or not. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #20
"report that America now has as many private security guards as high school teachers" flobee1 Feb 2014 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author flobee1 Feb 2014 #50
In a post about GOPers going off the deep end is a post suborning the murder of a pubic official. jtuck004 Feb 2014 #60
Just expressing my feelings through song flobee1 Feb 2014 #73
Oh, ok. Like George Zimmerman or the fleabag who shot the father for disrespecting him jtuck004 Feb 2014 #77
Deleted flobee1 Feb 2014 #78
We all choose how we feel. I should point out, however, jtuck004 Feb 2014 #79
That's a thing Maynar Feb 2014 #71
bwahhahahah -- love that clip tomm2thumbs Feb 2014 #68
It's not popular to be selfish nolabels Feb 2014 #30
Don't give them any ideas shanti Feb 2014 #52
Smaug... BanzaiBonnie Feb 2014 #15
'Affluenza' Earth_First Feb 2014 #16
I think this ties into the thread quite nicely. MynameisBlarney Feb 2014 #17
k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #18
I hear the megarich taste far better then just your ordinary rich person. Rex Feb 2014 #19
Salt or no salt? n/t PowerToThePeople Feb 2014 #22
No salt, they age like veal from what I hear. Rex Feb 2014 #26
They were once very tender and well-marbled, but recently they have been contaminated Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #43
You will know him by his necktie UncleMuscles Feb 2014 #24
Welcome to DU, UncleMuscles! annabanana Feb 2014 #34
hey, some writers say money's the root of all evil and you can't serve both it and God MisterP Feb 2014 #42
It's time to start learning the lyrics to "La Marseillaise" and to sharpen up Mme. Guillotine MrScorpio Feb 2014 #25
Or the Internationale. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #29
I'll go with that too nt MrScorpio Feb 2014 #32
Like this… Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #35
That was Billy Bragg, wasn't it? socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #49
Yup. Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #76
Or this hobbit709 Feb 2014 #36
Some funky folk music MrScorpio Feb 2014 #37
Goodness gracious, great minds and all..... socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #48
Yes, it is within their power. Fair taxes, support for the government programs for the poor, loosen jwirr Feb 2014 #38
From the OpEd linked in the #2 point ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #27
This deserves a thread of it's own. CrispyQ Feb 2014 #47
Funny you should say that ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #56
That thread needs love! CrispyQ Feb 2014 #57
Yes it does! eom. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #58
"private security guards"? What for? They've already got the entire U.S. military to protect their WinkyDink Feb 2014 #28
Well, not really... elzenmahn Feb 2014 #62
Heh. It was sarcasm. But it's been centuries, so I don't expect would-be recruits to fall out. WinkyDink Feb 2014 #74
The rich building walls to keep out the poor. As inequality worsens the walls have to get higher. pampango Feb 2014 #31
The French had a highly effective method of treatment. jsr Feb 2014 #39
It's the jobs they were promising ...like food taster ...armored car drivers ...steel workers ...ect L0oniX Feb 2014 #40
Reducing their hoard through taxation is the best way to treat their hoarding disease:) grahamhgreen Feb 2014 #44
Back in the thirties they knew they had to throw some crumbs to the proles, but the current crop? CrispyQ Feb 2014 #45
They weren't so different in the 30s. The ONLY reason they threw .... socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #51
"Remember power doesn't surrender itself until it's forced to..." elzenmahn Feb 2014 #64
The difference between then an now, however... elzenmahn Feb 2014 #65
You can thank Ayn Rand... elzenmahn Feb 2014 #63
K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #53
K&R! me b zola Feb 2014 #55
They are working on perfecting their gated community to stay safe from the 99%. Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #59
the same Greg Mankiw that writes seemingly all economics textbooks? TheFarseer Feb 2014 #61
I hate to say this... elzenmahn Feb 2014 #66
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/02/18/affluenza-and-life-circumstances-in-sentencing blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #67
Aux Barricades! TygrBright Feb 2014 #69
It seems they are suicidal as well. ErikJ Feb 2014 #70
The more you have, the more you have to worry about. nilesobek Feb 2014 #72
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