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We Can Do This
Are you ready to join the revolution?
The decline. The poor feel it first. Not enough money to pay the bills, not enough to pay the rent, not enough to purchase groceries or gas. Getting a second or third job. No time for family; kids get in trouble. Depression, addiction, suicide.
For years, people of slightly more means looked down on the poor folks, and blamed them for their problems. But now, those same problems are affecting their own families.
As more and more people realize that the system is rigged against them, the time is upon us for a revolution.
On Sunday evening, July 12th, all the troops left the capital and the populace remained unmolested masters of everything. — Lord Dorset, the British ambassador in Paris, reporting on the storming of the Bastille
The Populace remained unmolested masters of everything! Yes, it is possible for the people to take control. History gives us many examples.
Chris Hedges has witnessed many of these revolutions. When asked what people can do change society, he answers that we should look to the revolutions in Eastern Europe, when millions of people took to the streets.
As more and more people (not just the poor), realize that the system is rigged and corrupt, the power of the people becomes harder…
