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There is something significantly wrong in America ... (Original Post)
Scuba
Apr 2013
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orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)1. Bingo!!!!
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)2. +1
the same people who make fun of people who want more security and protections from events like this (taunting them, teasing them as being weak, and bringing in one conspiracy theory after another)
are the same ones that sleep with their guns/bullets because they are afraid of the boogieman at 3am.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)11. +1
liberal N proud
(60,937 posts)3. America is twisted by greed
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)5. And The Corporate Overlords Leverage That Fact Daily
eom
DrDan
(20,411 posts)6. THIS is the problem
Bosso 63
(992 posts)8. and fear.
Greed and fear drive demand for goods and services. Dark energy that shapes our economy so it grows like a malignancy rather than a "rising tide that lifts all boats".
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)7. Well said! Needs to be on posters across the
nation to wake up the deer in the headlight people!
Paladin
(28,739 posts)9. +1000 (nt)
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)10. I'm going to add Reproductive and Health rights and make me a t-shirt