People, they don't give a shit! We are not dealing with decent, normal actors here. When one says that the government has been taken over by Wall Street and corporatists cartels, that's not some sort of abstraction. It has real on the ground consequences.
What you are witnessing is an in-your-face imposition of a Corporate State; one that will continue turning increasingly fascistic.
Unless and until millions of people unite into a cohesive movement capable of acting in concert and plan and strategize and eventually be able to demonstrate real muscle, this nascent plutocratic corporate state (or nascent fascism) will continue its entrenchment unmolested.
You, good, decent, hard-working people still think that pointing out the inconsistencies and the harm of the policies being implemented by the fascistic plutocracy will somehow make a difference. That expressing your disapproval by signing petition will really show them what's up!
People, we are dealing with psychopaths! [BTW, please revisit/read Kurt Vonnegut's "A Man Without a Country"].
These psychopaths understand nothing but power. If you ain't got the power to force them to relent, they wont. That's been the case with every tyrant in history.
The tyrants this time are the corporatist cartels who have taken over the government, turning the political establishments of both corrupt parties into their lackeys.
It's time for a (peaceful) revolution. The longer you wait, the less likelihood it will be peaceful when people can't take the abuse any longer.
I've been saying (writing) this for years now. You have to stop reacting to the dastardly actions this increasingly fascistic system is engaging in, and start planning, strategizing, and acting in concert against it. You have to anticipate (preempt) their actions. You have to start a counter-propaganda campaign and recruit people to join he movement.
None of this is hard. The infrastructure is already there. The organizations that started with honest intentions, but that have been co-opted by political hacks, like MoveOn, and others, need to go back to their roots, cut ties with the political establishment, unite with other progressive organizations around the country, and start the (peaceful) revolution, today!
Time is running out....
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