Crazy Talk

Just a moment as I don my foil skull cap and check for men in black. . . okay, paranoid crazy talk begins.

Our cultural battles have ignored the extremely wealthy for a very long time.  In fact, America has had no true class war that I remember.  Instead we've encouraged and supported a kind of intra-class 'cold war' since the Depression; those with nothing, those with some, and those with enough, all bickering and struggling with each other.

And the whole time the rich were helping drive the conflict.  They, the greedy and immoral, structured a false reward system around brand names and false appearances.  No matter how poor someone might be, anyone could feel better about themself if they owned a Fridgidaire.  The rich got richer by backing both sides of conflict.

At the same time They, the burgeoning 1%, bought the American government and commanded it to install laws that gave Them huge advantages in taxation, liability, land ownership, legal recourse, and more - just about every possible way our judicial, executive, legislative, and financial system could be twisted.  They said it was good for the economy and good for America, but over the decades it turns out to be good for Them and the hell with the rest of America.

By keeping everyone else at each other's throats, a very few have stolen America.  Worse, it's beginning to look like they will get away with it - unless something changes.  That change would be us.  Don't think it'll be easy, because it won't.  They'll fight us every step, legal and illegal.  They have the power of media, police, and our own military, and they will use it against us.

All we need is someone to stand up and say, "I aim to misbehave."

Whoops.  Went a little off the crazy end right there.  Think I'll get rid of this foil hat.

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