Saturday, January 22, 2011

Like Rome before us...maybe?

Yep, it's true....we are in no way ready to come together and act like Americans. The wealthy and powerful elite, who now own 24% of all income as well as over 50% of all American wealth, continue to purchase our democracy each and every day. And every now and then, they look down at the other 95% of us and laugh at how we are squabbling over birth certificates, and states rights, and terrorism, and border security, etc. etc. etc.

And we allow our reps to give away the country to these people, and to China, and to India and call it "free trade" and "jobs" and "globalization". Manufacturing jobs have been gutted, wages are dropping, jobs have left America with the help of our govt. All the while we call each other socialist, and fascists, and liberal, and conservative because we don't know what else to do.

This year, our cities will really start to collapse...our states will begin to really gut safety nets for our sick and elderly and our youth...and many of you will smile and applaud these efforts while your neighbor suffers or maybe your own family will suffer.

America doesn't want to fix things....we want to bicker and yell at each other and feel superior to the guy down the street. We want to wave our flags and still believe we're the biggest baddest country in the world...and we're not anymore. We like believing the lie...it helps us sleep a bit better

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