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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBig take away from Sterling ugliness: the plantations of modern America can be broken up.
And big money guys can be taken down. Now how do we apply this to the Koch brothers, Adelson, and others who cause so much damage to the nation by institutionalizing racism and mysogyny in the law. Standing up and speaking out is important.
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Big take away from Sterling ugliness: the plantations of modern America can be broken up. (Original Post)
Skidmore
Apr 2014
OP
no taxpayer subsidies for the entertainment industry...and the NBA is entertainment, not
msongs
Apr 2014
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msongs
(67,199 posts)1. no taxpayer subsidies for the entertainment industry...and the NBA is entertainment, not
sports
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)2. How about no subsidies for corporations and let them all, entertainment or otherwise,
assume the true risk of doing business. That includes not binding the citizen as captive customers as well.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)3. I am kicking my own thread because we need to internalize the lesson of
the events of the past couple of days. Power can be exercised in other ways than displays of wealth. Unity of purpose is what will bring down the Koch brothers and their ilk.
BootinUp
(46,928 posts)4. The jerk got caught in a perfect storm
that is not to say we should ever stop efforts to expose and end racism.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)5. Find the mistresses?
And the Martha Mitchell's.