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Shredding the Illusion of U.S. Democracy

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

It is the entire irretrievably corrupt, hypocritical, corporate-controlled U.S. system that must be unequivocally changed by everyday people. It must be totally and utterly scrapped and creatively replaced with a model that is a work in progress – a model that is based upon collective human needs, not avaricious corporate greed, economic austerity and perpetual…

January 19, 2012 1 min read Free to read

It is the entire irretrievably corrupt, hypocritical, corporate-controlled U.S. system that must be unequivocally changed by everyday people. It must be totally and utterly scrapped and creatively replaced with a model that is a work in progress – a model that is based upon collective human needs, not avaricious corporate greed, economic austerity and perpetual wars.

As Malcolm X further stated, the people must �first� be awakened. Then and only then will we �get action� on the part of everyday people. Notwithstanding their misleading rhetoric, the systemic gate-keepers and their corporate masters are terrified at the very thought of people waking up to who and what they really are and what precisely this system is really about. This is why, for example, both the Democrats and Republicans are busily attempting to co-opt, neutralize and/or otherwise crush the Occupy Movement in this nation. It should be remembered that these systemic gate-keepers are, in essence, pernicious parasites pimping the pain of the people. In the words of Steve Biko: ��The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.�

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