Reply #22: my take is that it means things are fairly shitty for a lot of people... [View All]

[Bread and Circus]

if people are happy and comfortable (well fed and entertained (aka bread and circus)) they don't mind keeping the status quo, even if it means children on the other side of the world are stepping on landmines or starving. However, when people start feeling nervous, insecure, and wary of their own future, change is bound to happen.

Iraq War, going on it's 6th year.
Unaffordable health care.
Diminishing buying power.
Increased joblessness.
Working harder just to tread water and go further in debt.
Steeper educational ladder with a big pile of debt at the end.
Leaving our nation worse, instead of better, for the next generation.

It adds up.

The neocon and neodemocrat (aka DLC) policies of the past 20+ years just aren't good enough.