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socialist_n_TN

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8. Well on the bright (?) side.........
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:43 PM
Jul 2012

This type of thing is probably what it will take to bring the masses up to speed on the class war. And of course this type of shit has a cascading effect in the private sector too. About all that's left that's organized are the public workers and if they get busted out, the private sector is gonna be REALLY in a world of hurt. So when those libertarian engineers are making half of what they were making six months ago, with no benefits, things will get ugly fast.

As Lenin said, sometimes years go by with nothing going on and sometimes years go by in months. I think this is soon to be the "years go by in months" part.

I think scrooge scrapper tried to warn us too.d Here is what they posted before they were destroyed. midnight Jul 2012 #1
rec'd the OP just to get your response more widely read.... mike_c Jul 2012 #2
Agree - sometimes I wish we could rec individual posts on this site. nt TBF Jul 2012 #3
you should make that an op in gd. +1 HiPointDem Jul 2012 #17
From my neck of the woods... PETRUS Jul 2012 #4
WTF. Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #5
Yup, that is exactly what I thought when I saw this - TBF Jul 2012 #6
My mom was just telling me last week about the sanitation strike in NYC Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #7
Something like a New Deal could help get the economy out of the depression. limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #12
Well on the bright (?) side......... socialist_n_TN Jul 2012 #8
BTW, I'm sure you all noticed that contracts........ socialist_n_TN Jul 2012 #9
Sadly, once again, I think you're correct. TBF Jul 2012 #10
I was thinking something like this. limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #11
I detailed in the GD thread how I would tackle the problem - TBF Jul 2012 #13
It's a good start T.......... socialist_n_TN Jul 2012 #14
I love all of your ideas. Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #15
We see news like this everyday and yet most people don't seem to care. white_wolf Jul 2012 #16
i think it's because most people are thinking inside the frame given to them by capital. they think HiPointDem Jul 2012 #18
Exactly right - and at least in the public schools TBF Jul 2012 #19
I got myself tangled up in your GD xpost. PETRUS Jul 2012 #20
Yes, there's quite a lot of right-wing economic posting on this website TBF Jul 2012 #21
and if the say their "Hail Obama" litany then they don't have to be polite TheKentuckian Jul 2012 #22
I really need to do a search for this xpost. white_wolf Jul 2012 #23
I'll save you the trouble PETRUS Jul 2012 #24
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