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99th_Monkey

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Tue Sep 2, 2014, 09:01 PM Sep 2014

Militarizating US Police is NO accident: "I can hire half the working class to kill the other half" [View all]

"Frequently attributed to RR Baron Jay Gould, in the context of strikebreaking activities during the Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886." http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jay_Gould

Apparently nothing much has changed since 1886.

How much more obvious could this be? Not much IMHO. Greedy over-weened capitalists have been working pretty much openly for over a hundred years towards the gradual enslavement of We the People.

This is nothing other than highway robbery of an entire nation in broad daylight via the creeping incremental hyper-militarization of local police forces to the point of absurdity, all pointing towards the gruesome end result articulated by Mr. Gould 128 years ago -- all in service to the 1%.

This ^^ ruthless ^^ heartless ^^ strategy ^^ by our super-wealthy uber-greedy Oligarchs has not changed one whit in the last 128 years, only the means have been exponentially expanded & heightened by many technological advances in weaponry and such.



Much more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022451350

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You bet it isn't. The Capitalists/Fascists know it's a fabulous tool Triana Sep 2014 #1
This is exactly what I've been preaching. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #2
I drove around with that shit on my car trying to warn people during the first bushiter election. lonestarnot Sep 2014 #7
I remember a conversation from several years ago when people were wondering if our own soldiers sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #3
I think that Bob Altemeyer found 70% of 70s Canadian soldiers would illegally dissolve Parliament MisterP Sep 2014 #5
The police are ready just in case JEB Sep 2014 #4
There will not be a revolution of lower classes vs. the American Aristocrats. There will only rhett o rick Sep 2014 #6
I don't claim to foresee any future battles, but it's pretty clear what the poor are tolerating now. lonestarnot Sep 2014 #8
There have been a couple of minor skirmishes so far. rhett o rick Sep 2014 #11
Great Post! cer7711 Sep 2014 #9
This USED TO BE a nice country… more or less world wide wally Sep 2014 #10
No, not really. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2014 #12
I won''t argue that point, but I will add that everything is relative. world wide wally Sep 2014 #16
Gangs of New York tiredtoo Sep 2014 #13
Very good points in your post. LisaLynne Sep 2014 #14
Thank you. 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #17
If we support, work and invest more in them maybe we can change their ways? raouldukelives Sep 2014 #15
K & R Quantess Sep 2014 #18
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