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Tsiyu

(18,186 posts)
18. Because we've worked hard and have nothing to show for it
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:43 AM
Feb 2016

because of motherfuckers like Dr. Raymond Schinazi, who get rich off of our resources and then cause great harm with their greed.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-outraged-over-hepatitis-c-treatment-va-cant-afford/

Because the Working american bailed out the banks, the auto industry and Wall Street but those goddamned greedy pieces of shit won't do a motherfucking thing to help any of those working americans.

Because of a profane War on Drugs that has done nothing but make a few people rich and a lot of people dead or incarcerated. When we'll kidnap the children of a war veteran because he uses cannabis to ease his PTSD, we are a fucking SHIT country wit absolutely no morals or mercy.

Because I have a dumbfuck governor worth 3 billion dollars who runs a state with some of the worst health outcomes in the country, but he's too busy fondling the Koch Brothers' balls to give a flying fuck.

Because of guys like the Koch Brothers, who would rather spend $400 million protecting all the dough they can never possibly spend in 17 lifetimes than use a cent of it to help lift the working class out of poverty.

Because Congress and Corporations have basically said obscene corporate profits and bonuses are awesome and orgasm-worthy, but a living wage for the workers of America is evidence of greed (because slavery never died, did it?)

And because we are the "greatest country on earth" but we have the worst standard of living of any Western Nation.

Because hoarding money is seen as akin to being divine.

I'd love to see these fat cats hoard water or food, and see the riots that would ensue. But most Americans said "meh" to the Occupy movement that addressed these issues, because most Americans are cowards who also love fondling the balls of the rich, even if it kills them.


Does that answer the question?

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Why are Americans so angry? [View all] Bad Dog Feb 2016 OP
Add me to the list of angry ones. Put all my friends there too. Paper Roses Feb 2016 #1
Republicans are angry Turbineguy Feb 2016 #2
Yeah, funny how the Republicans in government hate the government. tecelote Feb 2016 #3
Most hold a special vitriol when disappointed by politicians in their own party. pampango Feb 2016 #4
Because they are gradually realizing that they are not "exceptional" Human101948 Feb 2016 #5
Someone pointed out earlier . . . HughBeaumont Feb 2016 #16
We figured out that we are screwed and our children are getting it worse. AngryAmish Feb 2016 #6
countless years of no wage growth and dwindling disposable income Amishman Feb 2016 #7
"Understands why people get angry" = "Feels our pain" 2.0 LiberalElite Feb 2016 #8
They are scared. Are_grits_groceries Feb 2016 #9
"They have been told that somebody elses gain will be their loss." The zero-sum, "us vs them" pampango Feb 2016 #13
Lots of people believe that. Igel Feb 2016 #14
There is a brilliant documentary series. Bad Dog Feb 2016 #15
Because the poll asked about anger. Brickbat Feb 2016 #10
Like Dr Hunter S Thompson said, it's Fear and Loathing NightWatcher Feb 2016 #11
after 2008 edhopper Feb 2016 #12
I am because I feel like no one is helping me bigwillq Feb 2016 #17
Because we've worked hard and have nothing to show for it Tsiyu Feb 2016 #18
Yes I suppose it does. Bad Dog Feb 2016 #22
We've run out of people to blame. Octafish Feb 2016 #19
It's O.K. To Be Angry..... Laxman Feb 2016 #20
Because their leaders are not listening to them or doing the will of the people. Rex Feb 2016 #21
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