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29. We used to, and I'm starting to see it again here and there, but not nearly enough.

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #19)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 05:02 PM

Mar 2016

The opponents started doing this again in earnest over a decade ago, going after power from the bottom up. They trained people, had them run - many times unopposed - and began to groom more.

There was an awful lot of training and consciousness-raising in the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, then as the gov started removing opportunity, and the war ended, and we were attacked by, I mean elected Reagan, and it seems to have fallen out of favor today.

Is too bad, 'cause a little training sure goes a long way in taking back power. Without it you can spend a lot of effort, even get people hurt, yet net nothin' for all that.

On the other hand, if you have power, the last thing you want is for people to figure out how to share it with you.

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