Comments by "gerhard7" (@gerhard7323) on "Billionaires are pillaging America. How do we fight back? | The Chris Hedges Report" video.

Thatcher did the same to the unions in the 80s in the UK as Reagan did to US. For some reason some people still imagine these two performed much needed overdue tough economic reforms, but really it was just the deliberate systematic gutting of the working classes.
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'You will own nothing and be happy' is the next logical extension of this process. The rise of the rentiers is inexorable it seems.
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That's why it became so important for 'capital' to smash organised labour rights over the decades. Workers are all just crabs fighting each other in a bucket now and this is why identity politics plays such vital role in helping to divide and rule. Globalism, international trade deals and off shoring all help 'capital' to keep tightening the screw.
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Or at least what passes for it nowadays. It's socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor. The bailouts of 2008 proved that beyond any doubt.
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When our elected governments are effectively bought by the lobbyists who get to have their ears every day and the lowly voters only periodically get to have their limited say it's no wonder these democratic systems are breaking down. The sad fact of the matter is is that our democratic systems are no longer really democratic and elections are increasingly just part of the pantomime that helps to perpetuate the illusion that they are.
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The extremes of the left and the right aren't on a spectrum they're on a horseshoe. To the point where their differences become moot.
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The political 'choice' people are afforded is basically a false one, but it largely serves its purpose helping to divide and rule because a critical mass still cling to it.
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