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In reply to the discussion: "I've Had It" [View all]markodochartaigh
(4,619 posts)of the most dangerously entrenched problems today is economic warfare. It seems we are to avoid talking about this in proper society. We can talk about sexism, racism, street crime, inflation, and the president's tiny, mushroom-shaped prick, as one of my friends recently pointed out. But not how the opulently wealthy are treating the vast majority of American citizens."
In my opinion this is no random feature of US society. Our oiligarchs are more than happy to keep us divided and distracted and thus more easily controlled using social issues about which they do not care. These social issues absolutely are important to many of us in the 95%, but most oiligarchs really could care less. They care about the money. Keeping the electorate focused away from economic issues as much as possible helps to keep action from occurring which might cost our oiligarchs money.