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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 01:25 PM
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110. IMO there is clearly an undercurrent of discontentment growing and growing. What
Edited on Mon May-16-11 01:28 PM by RKP5637
is needed is a catalyst. I have no idea what that catalyst might be, but many people already have things they assumed came with America disappearing. But, when people see Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and safety nets going away more and more, more cornering of the wealth of this nation to a few hundred people, and more wall street, banking, corporation shenanigans, people are going to really wake up looking for action.

At this stage I see/hear no really strong leaders, for example, like MLK to rally the people to a cause. Maybe that will happen, but on the present course I don't see much change. One aspect concerning today, more and more, the technology exists to hold the masses in line and probably, eventually, servitude.

Also, Logan's Run, Fahrenheit 451, Soylent Green and The Corporation keep coming to mind.


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