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49. Interesting to note

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 10:09 AM

Apr 2014

that privatization of healthcare and education is ongoing, apparently against the will of the people, and even though as far as I can tell no one has yet shown any cost efficiencies to be gained through privatization.

The oligarchs are using the "shock" to ram through the policies they want, even though the populace aren't really so shocked that they don't recognize what's happening.

I'm sure the people being arrested are NOT the most violent ones, but those most effective in organizing opposition to oligarchical policies.

Interesting too that the initiatives taken by the people to help themselves are the opposite of the kinds of solutions pushed by the oligarchs – the peoples' solutions are socialistic, and effective.

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