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In reply to the discussion: So many of us have been accused on here of wanting a Glorious Revolution. Let's get out with it! [View all]Zalatix
(8,994 posts)Let's talk about the state of employee pensions. What incremental steps are we taking there?
How about the state of teachers' unions and teaching jobs? Plenty of incremental steps happening there - toward privatization and unaccountable charter schools, that is. Should I even talk about the incremental steps being taken in Louisiana's public education system?
And Michigan, wow, Michigan. I'm sure you count the onward march of disaster capitalism an incremental step, too. They're firing elected officials there and replacing them with appointed, private industry city managers. Oh, and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, the guy who masterminded that shit? That was a hell of an incremental step we took when they tried to recall him... and failed at the petition level.
And what about all those summary executions we're doing in foreign nations, that are also killing innocent civilians along with those so-called "targets"? I bet their relatives see things as an incremental step. NOT.
And what about the incremental steps we're taking to resolve minority unemployment?
Or perhaps we're making incremental steps toward easing food prices and fighting global warming? Yup, incremental steps alright. BACKWARDS, that is.
An unstoppable movement towards change for the better? You gotta be kidding me. Maybe in someone's fantasy world. Feel free to take a sledgehammer to me if we ever see that "unstoppable movement" happen in real life.
Oh yeah, if your post wasn't a one-shot drive-by, I'm sure you'll come back and say we're taking all these steps backwards because ZALATIX was mean enough to point it out... not because the Plutocracy is kicking the shit out of us.