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Paula Mae's avatar

I’m in agreement with your analysis. But to find answers that matter most, it’s important to boil our circumstances down to their essence: What makes a great society is one that loves - and I do mean loves - to work and learn, preferably at the same time, toward a more beneficial and fair future that solves more problems than it creates.

And, when we boil down the problems that are common between both rich and poor, you will find that our troubles begin when we don’t revel in education and work, but indulge in playtime the likes of the lost boys and girls in Pinocchio - and it’s not a fairy tale, it’s a legit warning that to play all the time is to become a jackass. Same is true when we don’t act with integrity with each other, bar none.

Quite frankly, we must commit to educating the spoiled rotten out of ourselves, while working together to design and build a future that is healthy and sustainable for one and all. No more hatred between business owners and workers, Democrats and Republicans, teachers and students, parents and children, rich and poor, black and white, etc. These are complementary opposites that need each other, very much, and they only work when we choose to work together with respect and integrity. Right now, it’s not happy cooperation between opposites, but abuse on a physio-psycho-emotional scale.

A job that doesn’t pay a living wage is slavery. A school that doesn’t teach people to think for themselves and expand their learning beyond what is taught over a lifetime, has created slaves for abusive masters. The same is true in homes where children are there to serve abusive caregivers instead of being taught to be well-rounded, respectful citizens.

Maybe none of this is well said, as wording things right doesn’t come easy for me, but it has been well thought out and would take only a little effort to see the truth of it. We need, but do not have, a small set of common core values that will insure we stay creatures of integrity no matter how much we change our environment as time goes by. Nature knows how to program itself so that diversity flourishes while still keeping invasive species in check. Humanity has yet to learn how to keep its invasive traits in check. Now is the time to fix that. The Founders of our Constitution understood it, which is why they built a system of checks and balances. We can never allow the destruction of the checks and balances that keep us on an even keel, able to navigate the challenges of life.

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Liz Sherman's avatar

Yes! The so called leaders of American corporations haven’t the slightest interest in rebuilding the American economy. They want profits for themselves and their class. The government is not strong enough to impose taxes on them. Weak legal barriers allow dangerous activities like crypto. Only a true uprising has a chance to capture the power of government.

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