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In reply to the discussion: Bad news for those wanting revolution. [View all]2naSalit
(86,579 posts)you did a very good job of making your case and I, at least, had no problem getting your point.
But then, I am standing on the same gangplank with a little push toward the end of it having been injured on the job this year. I was "holding on" with a relative level of surety until that happened. I was able to pay my immediate bills and feed myself but a work injury that has left me unable to work is pretty scary. There may be a sketchy social safety net but it takes a lot of effort to have it become available and proving eligibility is a full time job in itself and usually requires that whatever pittance one receives is shared with an attorney or you end up with nothing and even more bills to pay. Even after five months of painful inability to work, I still have only had x-rays taken... after four months... because I applied for disability from SS at the same time I filed my WC claim. It seems that WC is only concerned with sending me back to work with no treatment for my injured spine. It's a racket and can be called nothing more than that. But I digress.
Your OP is great and don't let anyone tell you that it doesn't clearly illustrate your point. Anyone who argues against it or claims that they don't get what you were saying is either feeling guilty for being identified by the conditions you pointed out, oblivious to the situation due to cell phone and big screen distractions or are part of the problem.
Personally, I wonder about subliminal conditioning embedded in the screen scene that promotes an addiction to the desensitization to violence and the war machine culture... the screens keep getting bigger and the graphics more intense.
Just sayin'