Reply #25: beware of divide and conquer politics

[welshTerrier2]

we've seen blacks and whites set against each other ... and the left began to divide ... and we've seen women set against men ... and the left began to divide ... and we've seen one generation set against another ("boomers won't leave anything in the social security fund for the rest of us") ... more division ... and we've seen the north set against the south ... still more division ... and jews and catholics and muslims and arabs and asians and on and on ... now we even have old europe and new europe ...

and most people in each of these groups have virtually no power ... and what little power they do have gets divided and divided and diminished and diminished ...

the game being played by those who hold the cards is called divide and conquer ... and it's not that there aren't some legitimate issues being raised by these factions ... but these issues must never obscure the fact that the powerless must always seek unity if any progress is to be made ...

we need to understand that it is a very small group of the wealthiest elite that controls far too much of our lives ... we need to find unity among our many factions ... and until we do this, we will all remain virtually powerless ...

my view on gen-x (i'm a baby boomer, btw), we need them in the movement with us as we need enlightened people of every generation ... don't let the right continue to divide us ...