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Paul Buchheit reports via AlterNet
While Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning and John Kiriakou are vilified for revealing vital information about spying and bombing and torture, a man who conspired with Goldman Sachs to make billions of dollars on the planned failure of subprime mortgages was honored by New York University for his "Outstanding Contributions to Society".
This is one example of the distorted thinking leading to the demise of a once-vibrant American society. There are other signs of decay:
- A House Bill Would View Corporate Crimes as "Honest Mistakes"
- Almost 2/3 of American Families Couldn't Afford a Single Pill of a Life-Saving Drug
- Violent Crime Down; Prison Population Doubles
- One in Four Americans Suffer Mental Illness; Mental Health Facilities Cut by 90 Percent
- The Unpaid Taxes of 500 Companies Could Pay for a Job for Every Unemployed American ...for two years ...at the nation's median salary of $36,000 ...for all 8 million unemployed.
Citizens for Tax Justice reports that Fortune 500 companies are holding over $2 trillion in profits offshore to avoid taxes that would amount to over $600 billion. Our society desperately needs infrastructure repair, but 8 million potential jobs are being held hostage beyond our borders.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by TobascoKid on Tuesday December 08 2015, @03:38PM
like the overprivileged victims of other peasant revolutions throughout history
On the whole, it's the peasants who tend to be the victims of peasant revolutions. The Rich™ tend to win peasant revolutions more often then they lose.
they will be completely surprised and uncomprehending when it comes
They're more prepared than you think.
People advocating things like minimum wage, basic income, socialist healthcare
You mean the people who intend to become the overprivileged after a successful peasants revolt?
we are actually trying to save you megarich guys and your families from the guillotine
No you're not. You need the mega rich to fail so that you can replace them. What you're actually trying to do is raise the rabble in an effort to better your chances should that day ever come (I don't think it'll help much - there are plenty of drones for all of you)
(Score: 4, Informative) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Tuesday December 08 2015, @04:06PM
Your butthurt is showing, as is your lack of reading comprehension.
Where in my post did I say that I thought violent revolution was a good thing? Where did I say that after the revolution there will be a peaceful socialist workers paradise rather than decades of infighting and warfare and new shit floating to the top? Where did I say that I plan to overthrow the rich and sit on their thrones? All I said is that if you oppress and impoverish long enough, an uprising is inevitable, and I stand by that.
(Score: 1) by TobascoKid on Tuesday December 08 2015, @04:32PM
And I'm saying that any uprising is highly likely to fail, and even if successful it would still ultimately fail those for whom the uprising was notionally supposed to help.
(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Tuesday December 08 2015, @04:50PM
You said quite a bit more than that.
(Score: 2, Funny) by TobascoKid on Tuesday December 08 2015, @06:09PM
Now your butthurt is showing.