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In reply to the discussion: Daniel Ellsberg: “They are reversing freedoms we’ve had since the Magna Carta.” [View all]Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)31. Yes, but those kids were the offspring of the WWII Generation,
which was the first in American (and maybe world) history to have had widespread access to higher education due to the GI Bill, and to good jobs due to the unionization movement during & after the Depression.
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kpete
Feb 2013
OP
Heh---Yes, Peace, indeed, lest we (I) truly do forget. Plus, we had Bobby and Gene WITH us, FOR us.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#43
When we did not take to the streets after the Coup D'Etat of 2000, we doomed ourselves.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#5
Yes, REALLY. Indeed, I would assert that there would have been no "9/11" and its subsequent horrors.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#28
It does back to saint ronney who convinced people that greed was better then fairness and justice
libtodeath
Feb 2013
#9