tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post3316902583873637902..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Where are the US economic protests?janinsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-15152506626665509792009-03-21T03:46:00.000-07:002009-03-21T03:46:00.000-07:00The US public already did protest. Prior to the p...The US public already did protest. Prior to the presidential election, the percentage of people from all eductaional, demographic and even political biases in the US were saying that they thought the country was going in the wrong direction. They changed it by electing a candidate who said he would lead in another direction. And he is doing just that, using the word "us" when referring to middle/working class and criticising "Wall Street" easily, harhly and frequently. At the same time, he is taking the country into very deep debt to use that money to address the immediate needs of his constituency. And, in the process, he is moving the country away from capitalism. I'm not saying whether these actions are good or bad, justified or not -- but they are the actions the electorate (apparently, at least more or less) wanted. So the protest in the US, for the time being at least, is done -- it's over -- the protestors won. In fact, protests in the US, unlike elsewhere around the world, are largely along "tea party" lines -- that is, the upper class protesting against the actions of the government in favor of the middle/working class. Anyhow, whatever way you cut it, the issue is class, isn't it? I'm not so certain class warfare is a positive. I've written a great deal about this and related matters (including wrap-ups of posts about protests around the world) at www.deathoftime.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-81165971069599212902009-02-18T10:54:00.000-08:002009-02-18T10:54:00.000-08:00Methinks we dissipate our anger by blogging.Methinks we dissipate our anger by blogging.rainsunrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01742492284137353679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-433845214154908492009-02-16T22:29:00.000-08:002009-02-16T22:29:00.000-08:00I'm too damned tired to protest. I give up!I'm too damned tired to protest. I give up!Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-19023297810538068752009-02-16T15:47:00.000-08:002009-02-16T15:47:00.000-08:00Your random thoughts seem on the mark. Also, we h...Your random thoughts seem on the mark. Also, we have a limited history of urban protest about working conditions. White collar workers, I believe, see themselves as "above" this sort of complaint. <BR/><BR/>Yes, it's going to get much worse economically in the days ahead. Also, media have focused on the way police have been empowered to get rough with anti-war and civil rights protesters. It was not pretty here in NYC during the 2004 Republican convention.naomi dagen bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636592739857173279noreply@blogger.com