Recent world events, the revolts in Egypt, Libya, et al., the failures of advanced nations to provide for their citizens and the world wide failure to address environmental degradation have made me a revolutionary.
Unlike the Libyans, I own no guns. I am a follower of Dr M. L. Kings doctrine of non-violence, so there will be no recipes for bombs or molotov cocktails (sorry to disappoint). What I will do is point out problems that I see and solutions where they can be found. Most of these problems and solutions will not be of my own invention, but will be the work of those I find helpful or insightful. What I will do is share the thoughts of thinkers and reporters of world and local events. What I hope for is some dialogue that leads to change and that advances the well being of the working class.
You may notice that I say nothing about bringing the upper classes along to my revolution? I have to invite their participation; however, as they are what we are revolting against. Yes, I’m a socialist at heart. The class struggle is in my genes. For those of you who can not join the revolution without having the reasons enumerated here is a partial but not exhaustive sampling.
Just one percent of Americans own more than twenty percent of the countries wealth. Ten percent of Americans own half of all American assets. That’s half the nations wealth in the hands of just 30 million of the 300 million plus citizens of this great land. That means that 90% of us have to get by on the remaining 50% of the available resources.
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