RE: Billionaire Asshole Shoots Off His Mouth Again
February 14, 2014 at 2:53 pm
(This post was last modified: February 14, 2014 at 2:57 pm by Clueless Morgan.)
(February 14, 2014 at 2:14 pm)TaraJo Wrote:(February 14, 2014 at 12:45 pm)Psykhronic Wrote: Neither convinced nor not convinced that we require revolution.And this is really nothing new. It's been happening for as long as I know. Just look at American history; when slavery existed, the slave owners were insisting that regulations (aka freeing the slaves) would put them out of business. When we did away with child labor, they insisted that it would put a lot of businesses out of business. When basic labor laws came in like workplace safety laws, all that was heard is how detrimental it would be on business.
Here, let me help you with that:
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(February 14, 2014 at 2:48 pm)TaraJo Wrote: Even at the ballot box they have a lot of power. Their control of the media decides who gets the most attention, not to mention politicians buy advertising and pay for campaigns with money donated by the wealthy.
I don't recall a time in my life where "campaign finance reform" and the need for campaign finance transparency was not being touted as necessary and urgent - "Get money out of politics!" everyone cries - and yet nothing ever seems to happen with regards to this topic...
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.