There is a phrase that is commonly said on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, to the people whom those holidays are meant to honor. "Thank you for your service." And do you know what, I think that is a fine and wonderful thing to say to those who have served in the military. After all when it is used the right way military service is not only important but honorable (and in the spirit of peace and brotherhood I won’t suggest that the last time our military was not largely used as hired thugs for the Corporatocracy was right around World War Two).
But tomorrow is not about the military. No tomorrow is Labor Day. Ostensibly a day to honor the myriad of working people in America.
And frankly it’s a joke.
Because no one gives a flying fuck about the working class. Our Corporate Masters do their level best to keep us stupefied and apathetic with an endless treadmill of work at subsistence level wages, while their entertrainment, keeps most of us in a constant state of want for things we don't need, so that we will be good little consumers. Meanwhile the Religious Wrong moves forward with its' perpetual brain washing campaign drilling into people how good and right and holy and wonderful it is to be brood animals for their horrific caricature of God. So most people even if they might have enough money to live a comfortable if spare existence on their own have no hope of that with one, two, three, four, sometimes more mouths to feed.
At the same time the rich will happily making full use of any public program they can, decry even the most reasonable of taxes to support those same programs. When they get in a jam they come with their hat in hand. Meanwhile their fully owned puppets stall and kill legislation to do things like create public healthcare, or provide unemployment benefit extensions.
So we know the score. But hey this is America, land of the little white lie. So let's play a game. Let’s play make believe like we did when we were kids.
So those of you in that rarefied are of the rich and the upper middle class tomorrow pretend for a few seconds you actually give a shit about the Working Classes, and when you come across one of the myriad people who make your comfortable existence possible, shake their hand, look them in the eye (don’t worry you won’t catch anything. sadly) and say "Thank you for your service."
And in return I promise we'll pretend that we don't despise you and everything that you stand for. Really I promise.
Oh and just in case you are so out of touch that you forget who is in the Working Class and who's NOT? Here's a handy little list. While it’s not all inclusive it should give you a rough idea.
WORKING CLASS:
Teachers
Nurses
Garbage Collectors
Wait People
Cooks
Nannies
Convenience Store Clerks
Janitors
Policemen
Firemen
EMTs
Fast Food Restaurant Employees
NOT WORKING CLASS:
Major Celebrities
State and Federal Legislators
The President
Plastic Surgeons
CEO's
Stock Brokers
Celebrity Chefs
Steve Jobs
High Priced Call Girls (or Boys)
I hope you found this wee list helpful. After all I can understand how easily you could get confused seeing as how you know so many people on the latter list, and so few on the former.
Keep The Faith And Happy Labor Day My Brothers And Sisters!