Comments by "c. j. macq" (@cjmacq-vg8um) on "NowThis Impact" channel.

Rep. Katie Porter was my favorite. she was probably the lesser known one on the list but she broke down the real life, day-to-day reality of average americans right in the face of those privileged, elitist bankers. the entire video was really inspiring... UNTIL you snap back to reality and understand ALL the great pleas and speeches in the world WON'T change anything. only WE, THE PEOPLE, can have an effect in changing the disastrous direction the elite have pushed our global society over the last 50-70 years or so. if WE don't change and start taking a hands-on, PROACTIVE interest in changing our world for the better - IT JUST AIN'T GONNA BE DONE! writing pointless comments on-line, ALONE, won't cut it! STOP talking and START ACTING! (and YES, I am following my own advice!)
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Rep. Katie Porter was my favorite. she was probably the lesser known one on the list but she broke down the real life, day-to-day reality of average americans right in the face of those privileged, elitist bankers. the entire video was really inspiring... UNTIL you snap back to reality and understand ALL the great pleas and speeches in the world WON'T change anything. only WE, THE PEOPLE, can have an effect in changing the disastrous direction the elite have pushed our global society over the last 50-70 years or so. if WE don't change and start taking a hands-on, PROACTIVE interest in changing our world for the better - IT JUST AIN'T GONNA BE DONE! writing pointless comments on-line, ALONE, won't cut it! STOP talking and START ACTING! (and YES, I am following my own advice!)
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why limit your statement to "presidents?" he's a complete buffoon and criminal by any standard. the only skill trump possesses is hiring good and corrupt lawyers, now from the justice dept and with our tax dollars, to protect him from his own incompetence and criminality,
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I disagree. this is how you talk to the trump cult so they DON'T understand things. misrepresenting the truth - LYING - is what trump does best. and that's how he's manipulated a bunch of the most gullible people in the country to support him UNCONDITIONALLY! tell them what they want to hear often enough and eventually they'll agree with anything and everything you say! even if they wouldn't normally agree with it or even stand for it coming from anyone else!
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I agree. I write over and over - how much longer are we going to let the elite tell the rest of us how things are going to be? they've been dictating the direction of humanity for OVER 6000 YEARS! how long are we going to allow them to keep getting their way? generation after generation, century after century they just keep perpetuating the same problems THEY CREATE! this entire video was really inspiring... UNTIL you snap back to reality and understand ALL the great pleas and speeches in the world WON'T change anything. only WE, THE PEOPLE, can have an effect in changing the disastrous direction the elite have pushed our global society over the last 6000 years. if WE don't change and start taking a hands-on, PROACTIVE interest in changing our world for the better - IT JUST AIN'T GONNA BE DONE! writing pointless comments on-line, ALONE, won't cut it! STOP talking and START ACTING! (and YES, I am following my own advice!)
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in L. A., 6 years ago, I was paying $800 a month for a studio apt; a very small studio at that. Rep. Katie Porter was my favorite. she was probably the lesser known one on the list but she broke down the real life, day-to-day reality of average americans right in the face of those privileged, elitist bankers. the entire video was really inspiring... UNTIL you snap back to reality and understand ALL the great pleas and speeches in the world WON'T change anything. only WE, THE PEOPLE, can have an effect in changing the disastrous direction the elite have pushed our global society over the last 50-70 years or so. if WE don't change and start taking a hands-on, PROACTIVE interest in changing our world for the better - IT JUST AIN'T GONNA BE DONE! writing pointless comments on-line, ALONE, won't cut it! STOP talking and START ACTING! (and YES, I am following my own advice!)
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@doesnotcontain ... good point. another way of looking at is the unbelievability that $16.50 an hour isn't enough to take care of a family of 2. I can remember when 5 dollars an hour was pretty much the standard and a young, single person could live on that fairly well. we are suffering from HYPER-inflation and no one is talking about it. people don't realize that during the 19th century the inflation rate was about 7-8% - FOR THE ENTIRE CENTURY! before the industrial revolution the average inflation rate per century was roughly 2-3% throughout history. now we SUFFER at 2-3% inflation rate PER YEAR! this what industrial capitalism has resulted in - HYPER-inflation and no one is talking about it - EXCEPT ME!
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Rep. Katie Porter was my favorite. she was probably the lesser known one on the list but she broke down the real life, day-to-day reality of average americans right in the face of those privileged, elitist bankers. the entire video was really inspiring... UNTIL you snap back to reality and understand ALL the great pleas and speeches in the world WON'T change anything. only WE, THE PEOPLE, can have an effect in changing the disastrous direction the elite have pushed our global society over the last 50-70 years or so. if WE don't change and start taking a hands-on, PROACTIVE interest in changing our world for the better - IT JUST AIN'T GONNA BE DONE! writing pointless comments on-line, ALONE, won't cut it! STOP talking and START ACTING! (and YES, I am following my own advice!)
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@paulbrockschmidt6405 … I live in California too and I have the dubious displeasure of having McCarthy as my rep. lucky me!
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@madelinecarper1485 .., that may seem reasonable but it exceeds my ENTIRE monthly income. a whole bunch of americans wouldn't be able to afford that. but when I was younger me and my wife were lucky enough to find a nice, 2 bedroom house with a furnished attic and a basement for cheaper than what we were paying for a small one bedroom apt. I imagine some good deals can still be found, usually from individual, non-corporate, landlords. but you still have to be pretty damned lucky to find those deals.
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@madelinecarper1485 … good for you. you're family is fortunate to have you. you know another word for "fortunate" is "lucky." but they carry slightly different connotations. all middle and lower class families are struggling and stressed. some less so than others. so, I think its important that people recognize just how much of their fortunate circumstances is attributed to luck. you will rarely hear the elite admit just how much of their fortunes are the result of luck. they perpetuate the lie that they, the elite, earn their wealth and the poor deserve their poverty. but nothing is further from the truth. "hard work" DOESN'T create wealth. if it did 90% of the poor would be wealthy since 90% of the poor have jobs, often 2, and work just as hard as the elite. no, the wealthy are wealthy because of luck and the poor are poor because of a lack of luck. and its the social structure, more than anything, that determines just who'll be lucky and who'll be unlucky. so good luck to you and your family my friend. the best advice I can give to anyone is - QUESTION everything, don't take anything for GRANTED and remember, if you want a better world YOU must be pro-active. it CAN'T be achieved WITHOUT YOU! YOU must live the change you want in the world.
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these "protests" are FAKE! and are perfect examples of astro-turfing and its dangers. they are IN REALITY corporate funded and organized but fraudulently claimed as "grassroots" originated. the stupidity and irresponsibility of these people is UNforgivable! if you didn't believe the trump cult posed a threat you, your family and country before its impossible to DENY IT NOW!
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@paulbrockschmidt6405 ... i think maybe the dems need to REVERSE the mass gerrymandering undertaken by the GOP over last several decades. the dems have done it too but not at the level of the GOP. all the gerrymandering of the past needs to be revoked and we need to STOP this horrible, illegal practice altogether. lets let voting districts be fair and legal for once, based strictly upon equal population numbers and squared off geographical areas. instead of continually trying to rig districts AND ENTIRE STATES that favor one party over another.
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i agree. its call "authoritarianism." they believe in strong centralized control of society by either a single person or an elitist heirachy. we're already ruled by a corrupt ruling elite so we already live in a BIG-GOVT, fascist, authoritarian police-state that both maga and woke advocate, defend and want to give more power to. they just differ on who that elite should favor - woke or maga. "mein kampf" has nothing on this maga monstrosity. but woke isn't offering anything much better, and in some ways, even worse. they both want to strengthen the corporate police-state to enforce their will on ALL SOCIETY! they both violate women's rights, denounce science and reject observable reality in favor of absurdities, lies and insanity so extreme and ridiculous it boggles the mind. both sides want absolute control over our schools and demonize common ground, common sense and common decency. both sides are fascist, intolerant and full of hate and will violate ALL ethics in the name of their fascist agendas. maga or woke - WHICHEVER SIDE WINS WE ALL LOSE! and, of course as usual, my comment will be ignored BY EVERYONE! IF its allowed to even be posted. or, i''l be attacked by everyone on BOTH SIDES! go figure.
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these "protests" are FAKE! and are perfect examples of astro-turfing and its dangers. they are IN REALITY corporate funded and organized but fraudulently claimed as "grassroots" originated. the stupidity and irresponsibility of these people is UNforgivable! if you didn't believe the trump cult posed a threat you, your family and country before its impossible to DENY IT NOW!
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@pacorivera5817 … thanks for the kind words. its appreciated. I see most americans STILL haven't woken up. they remain seated on their brains as their country is looted, their infrastructure crumbles, their social safety nets dismantled and their constitution violated ALL nearly on a daily basis. this was occurring BEFORE trump but trump has GREATLY accelerated the process. trump is so corrupt he's using the covid-19 crisis to gut the EPA, attack his political opponents and enrich the elite even more. where are the protests? the riots? the righteous indignation? guess what? we can't do it now. the virus is stopping us. but we've had ample time and opportunity. it should've been done a year ago, 3 years ago, a decade ago, 50 years ago. things keep getting worse and americans KEEP DOING NOTHING! when are americans going to FINALLY stand-up and take action to defend their own the constitution? their own human rights? FIGHT FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE!
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these "protests" are FAKE! and are perfect examples of astro-turfing and its dangers. they are IN REALITY corporate funded and organized but fraudulently claimed as "grassroots" originated. the stupidity and irresponsibility of these people is UNforgivable! if you didn't believe the trump cult posed a threat you, your family and country before its impossible to DENY IT NOW!
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i agree. its call "authoritarianism." they believe in strong centralized control of society by either a single person or an elitist heirachy. we're already ruled by a corrupt ruling elite so we already live in a BIG-GOVT, fascist, authoritarian police-state that both maga and woke advocate, defend and want to give more power to. they just differ on who that elite should favor - woke or maga. "mein kampf" has nothing on this maga monstrosity. but woke isn't offering anything much better, and in some ways, even worse. they both want to strengthen the corporate police-state to enforce their will on ALL SOCIETY! they both violate women's rights, denounce science and reject observable reality in favor of absurdities, lies and insanity so extreme and ridiculous it boggles the mind. both sides want absolute control over our schools and demonize common ground, common sense and common decency. both sides are fascist, intolerant and full of hate and will violate ALL ethics in the name of their fascist agendas. maga or woke - WHICHEVER SIDE WINS WE ALL LOSE! and, of course as usual, my comment will be ignored BY EVERYONE! IF its allowed to even be posted. or, i''l be attacked by everyone on BOTH SIDES! go figure.
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these "protests" are FAKE! and are perfect examples of astro-turfing and its dangers. they are IN REALITY corporate funded and organized but fraudulently claimed as "grassroots" originated. the stupidity and irresponsibility of these people is UNforgivable! if you didn't believe the trump cult posed a threat you, your family and country before its impossible to DENY IT NOW!
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@teresaboze69 …. that's well said. but buddha, like Socrates and Jesus after him, had another message; - suffering is the result of envy, greed, materialism and DESIRE! I think all these great people may have concluded, QUITE CORRECTLY, that ignorance is derived from desire! or vice versa. for the life of me, I can't figure out why, WE AS A SPECIES, continue to ignore these truly wise and insightful people and, instead, choose to follow the elite; the most ignorant, greedy, envious, materialistic and desirous among us?! why do we continue to follow the WORST humanity has to offer? well, NOT ME! I know better. I learn from humanity's 6000 years of mistakes and have chosen to adhere to the obviously superior advise of the WISE and INSIGHTFUL rather than the FOOLISH AND STUPID!
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