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Crewleader

(17,005 posts) Sat Jan 25, 2014, 04:29 PM Jan 2014

Why There’s No Outcry [View all]

Saturday, January 25, 2014

by Robert Reich

People ask me all the time why we don’t have a revolution in America, or at least a major wave of reform similar to that of the Progressive Era or the New Deal or the Great Society.

Middle incomes are sinking, the ranks of the poor are swelling, almost all the economic gains are going to the top, and big money is corrupting our democracy. So why isn’t there more of a ruckus?

The answer is complex, but three reasons stand out.

First, the working class is paralyzed with fear it will lose the jobs and wages it already has.

http://robertreich.org/post/74519195381

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Why There’s No Outcry [View all] Crewleader Jan 2014 OP

Some of us are too old to be a factor. We keep the faith but are always waiting for the ball to drop Paper Roses Jan 2014 #1

Paper Roses Crewleader Jan 2014 #4

Oh Mr Reich would not know an outcry if it came up and bit him in the butt. n/t truedelphi Jan 2014 #2

Good article and I love Reich. freedom fighter jh Jan 2014 #3

Maybe because being an activist... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #7

That sounds reasonable. freedom fighter jh Jan 2014 #9

And the job market is much more cutthroat today... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #12

I thought that part was pretty weak too. OrwellwasRight Jan 2014 #8

I think you're right about what he meant and I agree that the thesis is incomplete. nt freedom fighter jh Jan 2014 #10

He left out the fact that, since the 1% own the media, snot Jan 2014 #5

+1 OrwellwasRight Jan 2014 #11

I'd say this is the BIG problem Cleita Jan 2014 #17

Don't forget we have a propaganda machine... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #6

I don't think he has it completely correct passiveporcupine Jan 2014 #13

We need the Unions back strong to stand up to the Kochs Faygo Kid Jan 2014 #14

OWS was an outcry Warpy Jan 2014 #15

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable." bvar22 Jan 2014 #21

OWS was NOT crushed RoccoR5955 Jan 2014 #25

That's what happens every time Warpy Jan 2014 #26

way too many americans view the rich as some kind of royalty. KG Jan 2014 #16

"You’d have to believe in a giant conspiracy..." Jerry442 Jan 2014 #18

We still leader - a real leader rickyhall Jan 2014 #19

Lose the jobs and wages it already has Omaha Steve Jan 2014 #20

I sure wish more attention would be paid to connecting the dots between labor unions calimary Jan 2014 #22

Well,...they got their peasant class. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2014 #23

"asked if they believe government will do the right thing ... fewer than 20 percent ... agree" Scuba Jan 2014 #24

State of the Union Crewleader Jan 2014 #27