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elzenmahn

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15. The only respect that we the people can expect to get...

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 11:46 PM

Mar 2014

...is the respect we DEMAND.

Personally, I think it's a combination of a collective case of Stockholm Syndrome, combined with the despair that set in after Occupy was crushed and marginalized so completely. People have given up and acceded to the whims of their new feudal lords, the corporations and the banks. If they dare rise up, they can expect:

1. A criminal record to follow them for the rest of their lives, damaging future employment prospects and limiting freedom of movement (for starters);
2. For some, alienation and division from their own families;
3. Marginalization within society at large;
4. Their message being completely shut out of the media.

We've lost so much in the last 30+ years. We may have to fight the same battles our grandparents did all over again.

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My wife's friend said to her today:The problem with America is that it does NOT value it's citizens [View all] diabeticman Mar 2014 OP

The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Mar 2014 #1

One way is through unions, but even here on DU, we have people ignorantly rejecting the idea of Squinch Mar 2014 #2

That's because there are too many fake liberals on DU Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #12

Right? Sometimes it feels like Thanksgiving dinner with my teabagger relatives. Squinch Mar 2014 #13

Unfortunately, you can't call them out by name because that's against the TOS Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #20

I wasn't here in the good old days. I've always run into certain people here who seem like Squinch Mar 2014 #25

I was here for the good old days. It was fun. There was little anomosity among DUers Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #28

Bob Boudelamg was my favorite part Nevernose Mar 2014 #31

I miss the hate mailbag too. The grammar mistakes. THE ALL CAPS!!! The spelling errors Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #33

I truly miss plaid adder and swampy nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #39

I noted, "Now, it has triangulators." fleabiscuit Mar 2014 #36

DLC triangulators like Rahm Emmanuel and Harold Ford Jr are Republican-Lite Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #40

I know. I just got a post hidden for fighting back against a call-out by a BOGer Doctor_J Mar 2014 #61

i just got one hidden for calling a badge sniffer a badge sniffer Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #62

The only respect that we the people can expect to get... elzenmahn Mar 2014 #15

I think we're all also working much harder than we used to to make ends meet, and we're Squinch Mar 2014 #18

I think we should have... ReRe Mar 2014 #16

When they did it, Denmark just called it "Denmark." Squinch Mar 2014 #22

+++++ marions ghost Mar 2014 #46

To allow for unions you have to have a democrartic system daybranch Mar 2014 #35

Unionization is important. Xyzse Mar 2014 #58

There is also a very, very effective spin machine, which I assume is funded by Squinch Mar 2014 #59

Yeah, we do... Xyzse Mar 2014 #60

, blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #3

This country has always been about�.. Bonhomme Richard Mar 2014 #4

The 1% are the only citizens. The rest of us are 3/5ths a person. nt valerief Mar 2014 #5

^^^^ This ^^^^ alittlelark Mar 2014 #11

US citizens don't value each other (aside from friends and family) in general n2doc Mar 2014 #6

We are all in suvival mode. And you know what happens when ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #7

Right marions ghost Mar 2014 #48

You have a very good point and I will takeit one further--some don't even value family-- I have diabeticman Mar 2014 #8

I was gonna say hfojvt Mar 2014 #64

information riverwalker Mar 2014 #9

Just out of curiosity, how many co-workers do you have? lonestarnot Mar 2014 #10

At the hotel I work for I would estimate about 25 I'm not sure how many house keepers since i am diabeticman Mar 2014 #14

Belong to a union? lonestarnot Mar 2014 #17

Unfortunately I don't BUT I was raised in a Union house. My Dad was in one. My wife was raised diabeticman Mar 2014 #21

Maybe you want to think about joining one and recruit all of your co-workers. lonestarnot Mar 2014 #23

i'm not sure how to go about that I think my wife and her co-workers would benefit just as much as diabeticman Mar 2014 #26

Here. lonestarnot Mar 2014 #27

thanks. diabeticman Mar 2014 #29

Neither valued nor feared. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #19

Oligarchs do no share the same national borders the rest of us do. PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #24

Its citizens are just a means to an end (riches) for its owners. kenny blankenship Mar 2014 #30

And all the high flown rhetoric, a verbal shield marions ghost Mar 2014 #47

Ban all Lobbyists and repeal citizens united larkrake Mar 2014 #32

This why the right rally hates "the community organizer" EC Mar 2014 #34

"Once your fellow citizens realize and demand this than you will see your country turn around." Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #37

Many U.S. Citizens have never been out of the country .. they don't have a clue YOHABLO Mar 2014 #38

they know that even if we have to pay through the nose we'll still be impressed enough MisterP Mar 2014 #41

American citizens? Huh? Oh, she means the takers. merrily Mar 2014 #42

In America, medical providers know that one doesn't prescribe an antibiotic Aristus Mar 2014 #43

K&R emsimon33 Mar 2014 #44

We have been labeled as a nation LukeFL Mar 2014 #45

Citizenship is treated as a privilege from our owners in this country... MrScorpio Mar 2014 #49

So true Rider3 Mar 2014 #50

In America, citizens are often treated as disgruntled employees IMO! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #51

Don't worry as soon as we all become upaloopa Mar 2014 #52

Fodder units.... AnneD Mar 2014 #53

Here is an expression of is a common widedpread attitude that illustrates what we're up against . . Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #54

We're taught to love the symbols, while ignoring the question of what they stand for. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 #57

Government of the money, by the money, for the money, shall perish from the Earth. Kablooie Mar 2014 #55

Yeah, but we got magnetic ribbons! progressoid Mar 2014 #56

If your wife's friend is getting antibiotics for a cold YarnAddict Mar 2014 #63