From a reader:
I am really wondering when there is going to be some sort of meaningful outcry by a large number of people. Today 2 million more people lose jobless “benefits” and the Fed announces that
Banks earned $14 billion from July through September this year.
I appreciate LEGAL arguments, discussions … even laws … but I have to conclude that none of this seems to matter (for the most part) and I am wondering how much longer will people remain inert and just “take this crap” … I do not even believe that judges profit that much from their inadherence to the laws … I sometimes think we are most of us under some “spell” or mass hypnosis
Media has given MUCH attention to all of this illegal activity; Congress holds hearings; lawyers are screaming – there are some activists – but basically, the system proceeds as usual. We’ve had our own version of WikiLeaks over a lengthy time – not just a few days or weeks.
How much money does one person need – how much dire poverty and need and despair can one see before he/she acts?
I can not reconcile, I can not justify that this situation is happening in the United States – this is simply too contrary to everything I have been taught, to all the beliefs instilled for years – this is not a few people – this is widespread, it is apparently ingrained and seems to be so stable that nothing will change it. I do not trust laws now – and I’m an attorney – this is seriously undermining (not just to me personally). I know that you are doing everything possible to get people to pay attention but I do not think that is sufficient – even when people are paying attention and are finding flaws, either the flaws are “ignored” or new schemes arise. I am thoroughly fed-up; I wish that I still believed that cogent legal arguments, that precedent mattered – I don’t. I thought awareness and education would make a difference – I do not now think that will matter, either.
I think I saw something you said to the effect we may as well give them whatever they want & shut up about it – they are taking it anyway. Maybe we have to be left with absolutely nothing before we will risk fighting back.
