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Looking back and reflecting on my life after the defeat the Democrats two days past, I have to wonder what was the point of investing so much of myself in politics. I took a great interest in politics when The Vietnam War was the main subject under discussion. I was forced to register for a draft that could send me to a foreign land to kill for what I did not know, it was not until years later that I truly understand the magnitude of what was going on.
It has been a struggle between two groups in this country since the beginning, now we call them Republicans and Democrats but really it is struggle of ideologies, left and right. Basically the people on the right would like to keep control of the reins of power they hold through religion and wealth, opposing the left standing up for human rights. Through these vehicles they control everything. They now control every phase of a person’s life whether you like it or even realize it. They control work, education, housing, the food that is sold, even the drugs on the street. They control talk on the television, radio and even the street in some places. After the crash of the market in ’29 and two huge wars the other side did make some gains through labor unions but all those are about to be lost. The 40 hour work week, overtime, health care benefits, minimum wage and child labor gains will soon be lost. It now takes two incomes to support a family today and with consumerism instilled deep in our brains they have us in their power. Those on the left will not prevail all guns are turned on them and their every move is squashed or mitigated. Only the right’s arrogance and greed will bring them down, they are pretty much unstoppable with complete control of the media. Only the internet remains as a refuge and soon it will be totally controlled by the corporations and consumerism. Their goal is to spread this capitalism through out the world until everyone is sucked in or dead. They are ruthless and will stop at nothing to succeed.
Even the Civil War was a struggle between two capitalistic machines, the industrial factory north and the agricultural plantation south. They both exploited workers, sweat shops and slaves. Freeing the slaves was really a punishment, they took away the south’s built-in labor system and as an added bonus when the freed slaves came north it meant cheaper labor for the factories. This group of military industrial fascists that now controls our country has now even brought the south really under its wing, through religion and racism. Their control of America is complete.
Thirty some years ago I thought it was hopeless when Bobby was killed, I feel the same way now. Now I know it is hopeless. We fought the good fight, we can be proud of our moral fiber. We stood up for what we believed in but the other side was just too strong and the American people to weak. They are using fear to break us down and divide us and it is working very well. How long can one continue to fight when all you can do is beat your head against a concrete wall. I for one can not take it any more, for my own sanity I must turn my focus to something other than politics. I am turning off.
KL
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