I think that the Middle Class are being told that if they don't want to protect those most vulnerable within our society, then the Poor Folks need to show the Middle Class just how vulnerable the Middle Class really is.
Is there any instance in history where the Ruling Class ever gave anything to the Lower Class without the threat of violence?
All this talk about peaceful protest is propaganda taught to us in grade school.
Martin Luther King preached non-violence because he was being threatened with arrest for inciting riots. So he kept his powder dry. But, in the backgroud there was violence all over the American South.
President Johnson introduced the voting rights act and other programs for minorities because protesters were bringing cities to a standstill.
In 2006, the "Peaceful" immigrant protests shut down several major American cities. Within 4 days, the government began to talk about "Comprehensive" immigration reform.
Does anybody really think that Roosevelt introduced the "New Deal" because it was "Kind To Animal Week"? There were huge protests and threats/plots to take over the Whitehouse.
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"And, it didn't happen because FDR was a great guy. It happened because people in this country were so radicalized, were so determined, were so organized, that he was able to sell the new deal to the elites as a compromise because the alternative was revolution."
--Naomi Klein, National Conference for Media reform, June 07, 2008--
Before the New Deal was introduced, Eisenhower and Patton were sent in to set fire to the unemployed camps.
Everybody talks about Ghandi and peace .... but when Ghandi was walking around with his hands folded in prayer, the British military was being attacked on every front.
All this "Jibberish" about non-violence is sold to us as a "Religion" and it is all a myth.
The Ruling Class never gave the Lower Class anything without the threat of violence.
All the social gains made during the 60's and 70's was because the Ruling Class were under threat.
Without the threat of violence, the Ruling Class ignores you.
In addition:
I think that we are going to witness huge protests as we witnessed in the 1960's and 70's.
I'm convinced that Martial Law will be declared in North America within the next five years and that is why every police force has been militarized.
I believe that the visible minorities in the U.S. had been keeping their powder dry and not protesting because they don't want to shame Obama, the first black president. Thus the reason why the visible minorities did not fully support the Occupy Movement.
The media is just selling the narrative of The Ol' Rodney King trip of "Can't We All Just Get Along"?
The anger and economic pain within the minority community in the U.S. is huge.
I would want to point out that the population or demographics of young people (16-24) of North America was huge during the 1960's and 70's.
Today, the segment or demographics of young people is not quite large as it was during the "Hippie-Daze", but today young people are twice as angry at least. Young people are facing the worst economic prospects since at least the 1940's.
During the 1960's the parents of Hippies did not actively encourage their children to protest, but today the parents are encouraging their children to protest and in fact want to join them on the streets.
And there was more respect for law and order during the Hippie Daze.
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Let me state this as clearly as I can - No more over the top baiting or flaming. No more personal attacks. No more toeing the line of hate speech. The consequences won't be light.
