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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo how do we fix it?
Yes I know the world sucks, the government sucks, hell, it all really sucks! What I have not heard from anyone is a solution, just complaints. I am as mad as anyone about the gov't checking in on my surfing habits. I am madder about a gov't that wants to punish the poor and chooses to ignore Keynesian solutions because, you know, popularity.
So how do we fix it? And if you say we should "wake the people up" you better tell me specifically how because I have heard that more times than I care for and I have yet to see that result in anything more than a drum circle. And...if you think you have the solution, implement it and let us know how that works out. Otherwise, it's just complaining.
dtom67
(634 posts)Might get you on an NSA watchlist...
ReRe
(10,597 posts)But when it comes time, you will know. We will all know.
cali
(114,904 posts)I intend to keep on complaining.
nolabels
(13,133 posts)Forty years ago i thought there were never going to be ways to address problems our civilization(s) had but since then time has changed my view. It won't be if we have the answers but how much friction it will take to get there
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)and God are we sick....
sibelian
(7,804 posts)Don't buy stuff. Flame every corporate whore. Change banks. Check the labels. Ignore television. Elect the leftiest.
FIGHTING THEM FEEDS THEM.
Starve them.
rucky
(35,211 posts)I think that's true, but I'm not sure exactly how it works.
sibelian
(7,804 posts)Intention spent. If they can change the direction of the energy they can control the story.
It comes down to things as simple as changing the subject or re-signifying isolated aspects of an issue. Renaming. Perpetual assertion. Presenting themselves as un-defeatable.
Energy spent on trying to change them helps them to practice not being changed.
Energy not spent on them is energy that they can't redirect.
rucky
(35,211 posts)I just felt my brain flipping around, but you're absolutely correct. They've tapped into basic psychology that people have a hard time breaking, and use it to manipulate the hell out of them. This shit is not part of my nature, but I'm beginning to understand.
YeahSureRight
(205 posts)Don't go out on your knees!
Freddie
(9,273 posts)Works in other countries. Make it illegal for them to park their fortunes in the Caymans. They got rich from *your* labor using the infrastructure that *your* taxes paid for. It's time they truly paid their fair share, starting with removing the FICA cap.
YeahSureRight
(205 posts)Pragmatism and pandering to corporations is why we are in the mess we are in today.
That is now change could happen in theory.
Now in reality it will take a second American Revolution but most lack the will to do it.
Slavery and Compliance is easier for most so they choose that instead.
Until people are willing to stand and risk it all we will live in a American Fascist Police State.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)for president in 2016!
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)by coming back to the thread I started.