Reply #16: Shit like this makes me absolutely disgusted and fucking ASHAMED at what Corporatism has done to us. [View All]

[HughBeaumont]

This flyer, RIGHT here, is Unbridled Corporatism in all it's shit-splattered splendor.

The UNITED States of America - except that we're not. We're one supremely compartmentalized Republic; one where the smallest and most exclusive compartment not only owns every other one, but does their godDAMNest to make sure the owned never even come close to getting out of "their station".

"Land of the Free" - PFFFFFT. A cab driver in France is far more free than any American citizen can ever be. He'd likely never have to pony up dough from multiple charities to save his own life, or God Forbid, the lives of his family members.

"Home of the Brave" - my ASS. PLEASE. This nation is so unbelievably cowardly, it's laughable.

Our politicians are puppet facilitators and gatekeepers; the likelihood of a progressive president who'll put a fast end to the Corporate Mafia's bullshit, even if it means his/her own life, would never see the light of day. We have politicians like that, but America treats them as mere novelties, comedy acts, elves. "Hah hah hah, you got biiig ol' ears Dennis . . huh huh huh", "Bernie Sanders, in't he like an ol' Commie? What the hell is that Commie talkin' bout anyway?", "Sherr'd Brown tells it like it is about the jobs, but he's still a stinkin' RAT!!1!"

Our vaunted and powerful military picks long-lasting purposeless fights with sovereign nations, wasting thousands of lives and billions of tax dollars in the process.

Our people are milquetoast submissives who've been beaten down, addled by the corporate media and continually laid off for so long, the very notion that a health care system that would cost less, be there for them when they need it and frees them from certain financial ruin scares them. "Oh we can't do thaaaaaaat . . . that'd be SOSHULISM!!!" No, it's your human rights. It's your LIVES. You only get ONE. Fucking idiots.

It's to the point where, as a nation, we couldn't FATHOM the idea that other countries do things better, far more efficient, smarter and less expensively than we do. We're all tangled in this dick notion that "The U.S. is Nummer ONE, and don't yew ferget it", when it's all a sham. The Scandanavians and Asians KILL us in education. The Europeans have far more worry-free lives once they stopped the notion of empire.

We're worked like dogs, at least 184 days longer on average than the next highest country. We have no mandatory vacation, sick leave or maternity leave. Wages here haven't kept up with the cost of living since the 70s. We have to hope we get health care and pray that the exorbitant costs don't throw us into the street. Employers have long since thrown away any notion of thinking long term, and their hiring practices, benefits and CEO compensation packages reflect that. For example - "Health Savings Accounts". Aren't these products just a straight-up admission that your insurance SUCKS?

If America is so progressive and free, then why is the mere idea of a decent standard of living, which includes a living wage, health care that's there when you need it, and a secure means of generating income now a lottery in which only a handful of people can achieve???

You gotta wonder how long we're going to be able to keep doing this.

You gotta wonder why we have no breaking point.

You gotta wonder when America is going to fight.

You gotta wonder if they'll ever figure out that they need to.