This piece was reprinted by OpEd News with permission or license. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the source.
Households are angered and traumatized by falling incomes adjusted to inflation. As a result, more family members work more for less. Corporate bosses extract more surplus from pressured workers.
Class war in America isn't new. Today it rages, pitting private wealth against populist interests.
America's middle class is on the chopping block for destruction. The criminal class in Washington is bipartisan. Complicit with Wall Street and other corporate crooks, they've wrecked the economy and working households for profit.
America's broken system is defined by sacrificing workers on the alter of capitalist excess. Growing numbers understand a venal, depraved, degenerate system. It's too broken to fix. It's corrupted, suffocating and malignant.
No wonder millions now rage against it in hundreds of cities nationwide. It was just a matter of time. They're mad as hell and won't take it anymore. They worry about no future prospects. They know, or should know, political Washington won't help.
They're victimized by institutionalized inequality. Good paying jobs and retirement security are increasingly out of reach.
America's a kleptocracy run by political criminals complicit with corporate crooks. They strip-mine working households for profit. Systemic corruption benefits at the public's expense.
America's no longer fit to live in. Change demands dismantling it and starting over. Vital issues include:
- social justice;
Next Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).