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upstatecajun Donating Member (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 04:19 PM
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Class Warfare, the Final Chapter
"There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." -Warren Buffett to The New York Times, November 26, 2006

There is overwhelming evidence that we are entering the final chapter of class warfare in the US. Today, in the "public arena," it is forbidden to say class warfare, and many citizens do not regard themselves as working class. The assault on language comes compliments of the propaganda apparatus, which includes: public relations, marketing, corporate media and the entertainment industry, universities, think tanks and so on. Its purpose is to distract our attention from serious matters so we can focus on trivial matters - usually involving consuming. Edward Bernays, the founder of the modern propaganda industry, described the process:


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WHEN CRABS ROAR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 04:35 PM
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1. You can fool some of the people some of the, errr, you can fool
all of the people all of the, errr, sometimes people get fooled a lot, errr, wait a minute, I got it! Theres more of us then your class and I've had enough of this. How about you? Ready to change? Yes I am a agitator.
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 04:50 PM
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2. !

Who will STAND and represent THIS American Majority?
Rhetoric, broken promises, and excuses mean NOTHING now.
"By their WORKS you will know them,"
and by their WORKS they will be judged.



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