One Percent View of the Poor or Working Class

[kairos12]

http://my.firedoglake.com/tomthumb/2013/03/09/comfortable-myths-about-poverty-british-churches-fight-back/

If our society misrepresents those who are at its margins,

blaming them for their poverty and ignoring the massive

injustices at work, then we are all set to fail. We will see

greater depths of poverty; greater suffering as children are

entrenched in circumstances which are damaging to body,

mind and soul. We will see a society which is unsustainable

and divided, where those with power or privilege are willfully

blind to those without.

Quote is taken from linked article about England, applies times 10 here in the U.S.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Historically speaking.....

times of great wealth inequality tend to lead to times of violence and trouble. The end result has not always been a correction in the income inequality, unfortunately. Most often, it is just another minority segment of the populace that takes over from the old.

[rhett o rick]

3. The elite are greedy but not stupid. They recognize that there is an optimum level

of "harvesting" of our wealth and resources, before we revolt. They wont gain from a revolution, so I say they will back off slightly when they figure they have "harvested" us as much as they can.

[Skittles]

6. there might be that recognition

but it's not enough to make them stop f***ing us - simply put, there is NEVER enough money for those greedy bastards

[rhett o rick]

11. I think it's in their DNA to understand that you need to stop flogging short of death. nm

[kairos12]

13. Agreement, there is no amount that can slake their thirst for greed

We don't negotiate with terrorists, replace terrorists with banksters.

[Herlong]

2. It doesn't matter what they think if we have 99 percent of the vote.

Our country. Our voice. We vote.

What about drawing a line in the sand with the notion that we are sovereign, and we vote.

Occupy sanity.

[rhett o rick]

4. You cant be series. Do you realize that only a mere 38% of eligible voters voted for

Pres Obama? That means 62% of eligible voters either didnt give a shit or voted for dip-shit Romney.

Also, the oligarchs number one political party is working night and day to eliminate many of our votes. If we dont fix that, kiss our "representative" government goodbye.

Besides often our choices are oligarch puppet number one vs. oligarch puppet number two. So yeah we get to vote, but the 1% win anywayz.

[Herlong]

7. I am totaly serious.

And please don't call me series. I am here on your democratic underground because I believe we can get people to vote, and I'm not going away until we do.

[rhett o rick]

9. I didnt call you series. In fact I said "you cant be series", he is much taller.

And it aint my Democratic Underground. Good luck getting the apathetic away from their American Idol.

[kairos12]

12. Electorate, thy middle and last name is apathy

[rhett o rick]

14. Yes and as a apathetic society, we are getting what we deserve. nm

[Skittles]

20. it's not what you and I deserve,rhett o rick

[rhett o rick]

21. No, and we wont give up the good fight. Do what you can but NGU. nm

[bvar22]

15. The 62% of eligible voters that didn't vote...

...believe that voting won't change their desperate economic situation,
and they have some good cause for arriving at that conclusion.
Voter Apathy is NOT the fault of the voters.
It IS the product of our system.

When the Working Class & The Poor realize that WE have more in common with each other
than we have in common with our Ruling Elite 1% Class,
THEN we WILL have "change".

As long as we are divided by Fox News and two dominant Political parties that control the elections and the Political Debate in the USA, not much will change.

[rhett o rick]

16. I just read "The Irony of Democracy", which is a text book for American Government

as influenced by elite theory. Elite Theory says that all organizations and all societies are ruled by a minority of elites. I cant disagree. The best we can hope for is to convince the elites that it is in their best interest they not let us die.

[kairos12]

17. In the case of Shrub it was a sock puppet run by elites

[rhett o rick]

18. Of course. Shrub made the perfect president for the ruling oligarchs. He was so easy to manipulate

Cheney should be embarrassed.

[kairos12]

5. Love that clip

I believe, though, it matters that we understand how they think. For example, SCOTUS will probably overturn the Voting Rights Act. Why? Because "those people" are somehow racially entitled to vote and are not deserving of the franchise. Knowing this now gives us the ability to plan long-term about how to blunt their strategy. As you say, voting is important, and they will attempt to stop us from doing that. They already tried but the VRA stopped them. It may not be there next time.

Know your enemy, and plan.

[Herlong]

8. The plan is people.

We have loads of people in the United States of America

I'm here for them, even if they don't vote.

[Herlong]

10. We all have the same agenda

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

[Igel]

19. Which is quite a radical idea.

One that isn't as widely shared as could be hoped.

Now, if you redefine "all" to mean "some," then you can get really wide agreement.