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soupkitchen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 09:28 AM
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Plantation Nation
This is what the Republicans want to do: Change America into Plantation Nation

And this would be my talking point, over and over. Republicans want to change America into Plantation Nation.

So, Governor it sounds as if you want to run America as a plantation?

Is the antebellum plantation your economic model, Senator?

Congressman, Do you understand why workers fear the power of the Plantation Nation?

If Republican economic policy can be tied to a catch phrase like Plantation Nation, the public will see that what it amounts to is essentially the exploitation of labor.
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OffWithTheirHeads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 09:40 AM
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1. I think a feudal society is closer to the mark.
A few kings and lords who own everything and a country full of frightened, starving serfs.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 09:42 AM
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2. Once they started referring to the general population as "consumers" and not citizens...
we were effectively turned into serfs.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 09:46 AM
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3. Yep. When "citizens" become "consumers", it's not too much farther to "useless eaters". nt
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