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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts) Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:25 PM Oct 2014

The oligarchs would rather you not organize...

They'd rather you not vote, if you do bother to vote they'd rather you'd slice off your own nose to spite your face by voting for their candidates, they'd rather you politely allow the police to violate your civil rights, they'd rather you hate unions, they'd rather the government not tax their excessive and hidden profits, they'd rather you have a low opinion of government, they'd rather you'd vegetate in an easy chair rather than fighting their system in the streets, they'd rather you'd die than get an affordable education and medical care, they'd rather you worship them as a role model, they'd rather you'd not listen to your own hearts and minds, they'd rather you think that you can go it alone...

The want you isolated and afraid. Afraid of losing your home, afraid for the future and safety of your family, that you'd not care how your neighbors are scraping by just as bad as you are, they'd rather you be so angry that you can't even spell straight.

They know that there more of us than there are of them, they know that they can't desert the country fast enough, they know that your vote counts today more than ever.

So vote and fight back against them and take back which belongs to us all... Our lives and our future.

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The oligarchs would rather you not organize... (Original Post) MrScorpio Oct 2014 OP

And they want us divided and hating each other, instead of united and caring for each other. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #1

Occupy did a good job of bringing the issues to the forefront. Now it's time to liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #3

Bernie Sanders supports Publicly Funded Elections and ending campaign contributions! Dustlawyer Oct 2014 #5

Fight billhicks76 Oct 2014 #7

And she shoots puppies ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #9

Go Ahead billhicks76 Oct 2014 #10

I have not decided on any candidate ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #12

She Is Entitled billhicks76 Oct 2014 #13

Okay. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #14

I completely agree. liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #11

+1000000 woo me with science Oct 2014 #16

K&R liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #2

K & R SoapBox Oct 2014 #4

The 1% has a VORACIOUS appetite. It CANNOT be satiated. It ALWAYS wants MORE. More of EVERYTHING, blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #6

And "Mission Accomplished" ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #8

This is an excellent OP - VOTE - and then keep at it TBF Oct 2014 #15

You just said it all! Thanks, MrScorpio. freshwest Oct 2014 #17

Be my guest. Just give me the credit. nt MrScorpio Oct 2014 #18

Credit as in '~ MrScorpio'? freshwest Oct 2014 #19

AS in! MrScorpio Oct 2014 #20

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

1. And they want us divided and hating each other, instead of united and caring for each other.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 03:53 PM

Oct 2014

Excellent post Mr Scorpio.

Vote Progressive Democrat (Elizabeth Warren) or Democratic Socialist (Bernie Sanders)

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)

3. Occupy did a good job of bringing the issues to the forefront. Now it's time to

Reply to Dont call me Shirley (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 04:03 PM

Oct 2014

find some politicians that can embody those values. Sanders and Warren definitely are a good start.

Dustlawyer

(10,497 posts)

5. Bernie Sanders supports Publicly Funded Elections and ending campaign contributions!

Reply to liberal_at_heart (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 05:20 PM

Oct 2014

If they cannot buy the politicians, they cannot control the government! The next OWS needs to focus solely on this issue. Close off all avenues such as the "Revolving Door" and shady land deals where someone or some corporation sells land way under value and another buys it from the politican later for an excessive price. That is one of the ways career politicians can go in office young and poor and come out multimillionaires. The other is insider trading that was legal until it hit the news, they got rid of it, 6 months later they snuck it back in a bill and made it legal again.

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)

7. Fight

Reply to Dustlawyer (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 06:04 PM

Oct 2014

Don't be a fool...do not vote Hillary the war mongering, corporate tool, police brutality loving fraud that she is. And don't forget she is best friends with the Bush family.

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

9. And she shoots puppies ...

Reply to billhicks76 (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 06:30 PM

Oct 2014

when she's not drowning kittens. Don't forget that!

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)

10. Go Ahead

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 07:11 PM

Oct 2014

Follow her off a cliff.

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

12. I have not decided on any candidate ...

Reply to billhicks76 (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 07:23 PM

Oct 2014

particularly, not one that has not declared (though she probably will) for a race two years hence.

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)

13. She Is Entitled

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #12)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 07:33 PM

Oct 2014

Just like Jeb Bush. She has been planning this a long time. She belongs in the Republican Party.

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

14. Okay. eom.

Reply to billhicks76 (Reply #13)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 07:48 PM

Oct 2014

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)

11. I completely agree.

Reply to Dustlawyer (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 07:16 PM

Oct 2014

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)

16. +1000000

Reply to Dustlawyer (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 08:25 PM

Oct 2014

Thank you.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)

2. K&R

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 04:01 PM

Oct 2014

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

4. K & R

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 04:55 PM

Oct 2014

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

6. The 1% has a VORACIOUS appetite. It CANNOT be satiated. It ALWAYS wants MORE. More of EVERYTHING,

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 05:44 PM

Oct 2014

and everything you got.

Which Political Party does NOT cash the checks of the 1%???

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

8. And "Mission Accomplished" ...

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 06:27 PM

Oct 2014

could be heard whispered throughout the land. (It seems)

GOP: "Government doesn't work" ... Check!

Libertarians (right and left): "Government is evil" ... Check!

Tea Party: "Government doesn't work and there is no difference between establishment republicans and establishment Democrats" ... Check!

"Liberals/Progressives": "Government is evil and there is no difference between establishment republicans and establishment Democrats" ... Check!

The media has played this narrative on a 7-day, 24-hour loop.

Result: Only 15% of the American people pay close attention to the only mechanism for change.

Nicely played, Oligarchs!

TBF

(32,090 posts)

15. This is an excellent OP - VOTE - and then keep at it

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 08:23 PM

Oct 2014

keep advocating with us for a better capitalism-free future (or at least a very strongly regulated future if you can't see the end of capitalism). Just don't let it end with voting - keep fighting. Keep talking, keep organizing, remember they may seem very powerful but there are so many more of us.