Linking to post in GD 'When are we ever, as a people, going to start to _try_ to make this country '

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When are we ever, as a people, going to start to _try_ to make this country less miserable - Democratic Underground
From: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027786634
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By ProfessorPlum (7,464 posts)

When are we ever, as a people, going to start to _try_ to make this country less miserable
and a happier place to live?

We slave away, with little to no vacation, we pay the equivalent of the cost of a very expensive new car for every kids' education (or the cost of a house, depending on where they go), our economic lives are ruined if we get sick, our rich commit crimes with no consequence, and our corporations write the rules that govern our daily existence.

Meanwhile, in France, Germany, Scandinavia, and many other places, people are much more free to pursue their happiness, raise their families, have excellent educations, and simply _exist_ without having to go begging to their corporate overlords at every turn.

The slavery mindset that is this country's original sin has never left our bloodstream, from the desire for cheap/free/forced labor that fires every employer's imagination, to the servile mentality of our workers.

Cmon, let's stand up on our hind legs and demand better. The humans and the pigs are getting harder and harder to tell apart.
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