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In reply to the discussion: Mayor abruptly slashes wages to minimum for Scranton City Workers [View all]TBF
(32,029 posts)The biggest myth the GOP pushes is the idea that government shouldn't "tell you what to do". They eat that up like pie ... meanwhile their last dollars are being stolen from them as their jobs are outsourced to the south pacific and their homes foreclosed from under them.
You know I was explaining our economic system to my 9-yr old recently. Sort of the basics of how capitalism runs vs. what socialism could look like. When I explained capitalism in simple terms - with the "winners" living in their mansions and the ones without money living homeless she immediately wanted to know how we could change the economic system. "Can Barack Obama change that?" she asked. Good question. So I explained that we try to change things by voting for people who believe in sharing, and if things get too bad we end up with wars being fought in order to change the system (French Revolution, Russian Revolution - and even at 9 she understands why people would do that as a last resort).
It's crystal clear when you explain it simply to a child and they get it. George Carlin did a good job explaining it in a humorous way. One thing we probably need is a television station akin to Fox news that tells OUR side of the story. Maybe that would be a way to reach people.