So "Soylent Green" was just a movie. Wasn't it?

[Cyrano]

The names of only a few of today’s Robber Barons are known to the general public: The Koch Brothers; Richard Mellon Scaife; Rupert Murdoch; and perhaps one or two others.

These Robber Barons make the Corleones and the Sopranos look like choir boys. They are the most ruthless, dangerous, deadly, criminals in American history.

But here’s what’s really scary. The Corleone’s and the Soprano’s are fictional. Those oppressing us are real. And we are doing nothing – absolutely nothing – to stop them.

Yeah, I know. What are we supposed to do?

So here’s my question. Is there anything we can do to stop these sociopaths from taking everything we still own or ever hope to own? What's to stop them from shipping and selling everything to new overseas markets? What's to stop them from turning America into a “Soylent Green” nightmare?

[Taverner]

1. What's so bad about eating people? They taste like chicken

[zappaman]

2. yes it was just a movie

that a pretty big logical leap you are making.
going from swindling to cannibalism?


:tinfoilhat:

[Cyrano]

4. Ten years ago, did anyone think we'd be where we are today?

And do you really believe that the term "swindling" defines what has been done, and is still being done to us?

I guess no one really thinks about cannibalism until they're really, really hungry.

[leveymg]

3. The horse has already bolted the barn on that. Elvis has left the building. The multinationals

have taken their (our) trillions offshore, and they aren't coming back. No amount of bribery . . . the Treasury is bare.

[azurnoir]

5. well we're not there quite yet

albeit I've always been a bit suspicious of McNuggets.....

[Marblehead]

6. I get hungry

just thinking about it..

[suston96]

7. Consider this: a society or culture will be judged by how it treats its babies/children, and....

....and its elderly and disabled.

Yeah, Soylent Green is one of my favorites. It isn't just about crackers.

The Koch brothers are modern day infamous robber barons who have robbed from the poor and the wealthy. EG: Google: Koch brothers and native American oil leases.

[Kennah]

8. The dystopia of "Soylent Green" is getting closer to reality ...

... but if cannibalism were the only thing we had to worry about, then I'm good.

Please don't interpret "I'm good" as "I'm tasty".