Worker rebellion: The pendulum swings globally

[skeptical cynic]

"Wherever exists exploitation and suppression, rebellion erupts. If the exploited are a majority of the society, the revolt draws even nearer and comes with a louder bout. For the past 30 years witnessing China's meteoric rise, multinationals and upstart home tycoons have rammed up their wealth making use of China's favorable economic policies as well as oversight loopholes. In sharp contrast, tens of millions of Chinese blue-collar workers who have genuinely generated the wealth...have been left far behind."

~Li Hong, Columnist, People's Daily, China

More:
http://english.people.com.cn/90002/96743/7014872.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/08/why-the-end-of-cheap-chin_n_600330.html#s97569

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'Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number -
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they are few.'

~ Percy Bysshe Shelley (The Mask of Anarchy)

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The workers control the means of production, and they control most consumption. Unfortunately, the system has been designed so that we cannot use that power without hurting ourselves. But suffering is inevitable either way, so why would we not prefer the pain that comes with self determination over the pain that comes with exploitation?

Many I speak with have been brainwashed to believe that workers standing up for themselves is socialism and un-American. Better the many survive by relying on scraps from the few. Let the sheep wander in their flocks. I believe there are enough wolves among the workers to make a difference.