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misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
Mon May 11, 2015, 03:03 PM May 2015

"Freedom isn't a right, its a commodity.."

" You know what your problem is? You believe everyone has a right to freedom. Freedom isn't a right, it's a commodity, who's price fluctuates with supply & demand."

Quote from the 2012 movie No God, No Master

In 1919 a federal agent uncovers an anarchist plot to destroy democracy in the US.
I started watching this movie on Showtime this morning.
Though the reviews at the time of its release wern't great, it did indeed lend some thought to big money (Rockefeller's) & Labor, & the involvement of young JEdgar Hoover & somehow this same class system is very much the same today as in the 1900's.
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No gods, no masters

No gods, no masters is an anarchist and labour slogan. Its English origin comes from a pamphlet handed out by the Industrial Workers of the World during the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike. Wikipedia

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Though I am certainly not calling for anarchy, the political similarities of then & what I see happening now with a gradual change in democracy, equal & accepted human & workers rights, gave me cause to post this for those who may want to discuss & pick apart the story.
It is history & it is also very current, I believe.

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http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1485761
This movie is from the anthology of anarchism.
It is controversial in opinion & somehow today's wealth & global control by the .001% as well as destruction of our Unions, found me drawing more than a few concerning similarities & a realization as to how that top elite percent views the world compared to the rest of society.

Thanks



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