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In reply to the discussion: This short video might inspire you, and it will certainly inform. Also, goodbye and good luck. [View all]Warpy
(111,792 posts)29. Please don't abandon us completely
Videos like that one are very informative and let us know we're not here alone, that the rest of the world is suffering under the rule of the same oligarchs.
These oligarchs have no allegiance to country, only to power, itself. The crowd threatening them with the guillotine might just be correct, sad to say.
Oh, and when the police are marching in ranks, the best thing to do is to put little piles of material (garbage, construction debris, old cars) in their way so they have to break ranks. It tends to flummox them enough to decrease and dilute their violence against the people.
Good luck to all of us. The oligarchy has to go.
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This short video might inspire you, and it will certainly inform. Also, goodbye and good luck. [View all]
BelgianMadCow
Apr 2014
OP
"... the pervasive american exceptionalism and party cheering I can't stomach." Yeah, me either.
Scuba
Apr 2014
#4
I feel that way often..I just come to read the news and hear wonderful clips like this one
xiamiam
Apr 2014
#21
Don't be so final about it. Come back for visits. Good luck in all your endeavors.
TeamPooka
Apr 2014
#14
I'm the granddaughter of Spaniards - all 4 grandparents were born in Spain. I also lived in Spain..
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2014
#50
Good points about organizing. Strong unions also play a role in European strikes and demon-
merrily
Apr 2014
#64
Thank you, and yes, it's not Americans per se. It's the lifestyle and layout of communities. It's
Sarah Ibarruri
May 2014
#67
That's great that your parents voted Democrat. Of course everyone can't agree with everything
Sarah Ibarruri
May 2014
#69
I think the Spanish media is way less corporate. I do know one thing tho...
Sarah Ibarruri
May 2014
#72
I think the reason Democrats and libs don't have 1 organization, is because we are a freer group...
Sarah Ibarruri
May 2014
#79
I don't think putting the official Democratic Party and liberals in the same basket
merrily
May 2014
#80
I'm not in favor of a one-party system either, but already we have had a one-party mentality in
Sarah Ibarruri
May 2014
#81
Not everyone touts American exceptionalism, BMC, some do also criticize within our own political
mother earth
Apr 2014
#58
Dear Belgian Cow, I am sorry to see you leave. But I understand. I too need to move on from
sabrina 1
May 2014
#70