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In reply to the discussion: "You're being lied to about Graham Platner" [View all]magicarpet
(19,149 posts).... need of the common women and men. This is what Senator Sanders and E. Warren recognize in Planner and why they gave him their full endorsement.
We need to breakup the monopolistic powers of the monied classes here in America. Deconstruct the status quo that really only serves the benefits of the monies class. Rocking the boat and making waves is long past due. Off shoring manufacturing decimated the blue collar classes. As did making the unionization of the workforce much more difficult to nearly impossible. The advent of robotic factories and manufacturing will be another blow to blue collar workers while pulling another rug out from under them.
Now comes Artificial Intelligence computer systems and data bases so that computers and machines can do human thinking for them. These Artificial Intelligence platforms will now decimate the professional and white collar workforces leaving many without their well paying jobs to support their families.
The road ahead does not look pleasant for America's white collar, professional collar, upper to lower middle classes, blue collar and upper and lower poorer classes of our citizens. We must rapidly revamp, rebuild, reconstruct, and reconfigure our hyper capitalistic system. At the rapid pace of "advancement" we are going we are rapidly severing and disconnecting large segments of our society from their ability to make their financial ends meet and cover their day to day basic needs.
This will inevitably invite social discord, up risings, and major social strife.
A more aggressive stance to deal with these coming issues would be a very wise course of action to take,... Like PRONTO.
Status quo thinking moved to the back burners of the stove with settings set on low. Progressive & provocative thinking moved to the front burners with the setting set on high full blast. The turmoil hyper capitalism is currently bringing to the lives of American citizenry is not to be trifled with, it is not a parlor joke. It is tearing apart and decimating our society. It is questionable whether or country can endure much more of,.. before something or large groups of citizens upraisings, riot, and/or explode. We must bring experts and caring individuals alike to Washington DC to grapple on to these issues and deliver resolution to these growing and compounding social, cultural, and policy - difficulties.
Americans have proven again and again in the past that they have an astounding ability to collaborate and work together in unison to bring closure to various problems and difficulties that confront us. History is calling, kicking & screaming, cavorting, cajoling, and imploring for us to get our shit together and do so once again.
Will we answer the call,... or will we quickly transfer the call to the ignore section of our messaging system ?