08-19-2016, 02:22 AM
There's always going to be a resentful portion of society. They see Dumbf as their "voice". He says what they think (despite the fact that they don't think).
It's in the ruling power's (in our case the top 1%) interest to keep that group as far on the fringe as possible Always.
But when that group grows large enough, change will occur. The resentfulness is growing … but it's not big enough yet to make a difference.
The teabaggers will continue to be a fringe group until something larger happens that impacts a larger group of people. People who actually think before reacting. A shrinking middle-class will add to the size of the resentful portion as the top dollar earners continue to take a much bigger piece of the pie. Still, it's the ones who are actually cutting the pie that need to be concerned. The fact that people are employed isn't what's important, it's how they're employed. Raising the minimum wage and providing affordable health care to some simply diverted attention from a more urgent problem which is people being employed in crappy entry level jobs with no reasonable path for advancement. Yes, they have something to do, but soon enough, it's not enough. Yet there's nowhere else for them to go in the economy.
Whether it's Teaparty Trumpeteers, or simply someone new who wants us to feel their Bern, if the masses aren't satisfied with their share of shiny baubles and stupid pet tricks, there could be some real pretty fireworks on the horizon.
It's in the ruling power's (in our case the top 1%) interest to keep that group as far on the fringe as possible Always.
But when that group grows large enough, change will occur. The resentfulness is growing … but it's not big enough yet to make a difference.
The teabaggers will continue to be a fringe group until something larger happens that impacts a larger group of people. People who actually think before reacting. A shrinking middle-class will add to the size of the resentful portion as the top dollar earners continue to take a much bigger piece of the pie. Still, it's the ones who are actually cutting the pie that need to be concerned. The fact that people are employed isn't what's important, it's how they're employed. Raising the minimum wage and providing affordable health care to some simply diverted attention from a more urgent problem which is people being employed in crappy entry level jobs with no reasonable path for advancement. Yes, they have something to do, but soon enough, it's not enough. Yet there's nowhere else for them to go in the economy.
Whether it's Teaparty Trumpeteers, or simply someone new who wants us to feel their Bern, if the masses aren't satisfied with their share of shiny baubles and stupid pet tricks, there could be some real pretty fireworks on the horizon.