"The real problem was that they were stuck living outside in conditions that were miserable long before the cold snap, with no real hope of escaping them, because employers discriminate against the long term unemployed."
'How dare we expect anybody to live like this?' or
'How twisted do we have to be to think that hungry people should be left to get hungrier, just so the rich can get richer?"
38 years. The kids who were in grade school then are middle aged now, and we're going to cling to Ronald Reagan's old talking points, because the ideas of that ex-movie actor are supposedly going to work?"
How much patience is enough?"
Somebody, no doubt, will look at that piece of satirical political art from over 220 years ago and see a threat in it. If so, that person will be mistaken.
That part is the good news. The bad news is that those who were warning of violence to come during the early 90s now get to say "we told you so."
Fear, on its own, only keeps us well behaved when we think we might get caught.
The people, having been pushed, already are pushing back violently. If our upper class "friends" don't wise up, the violence is going to pick up.
My advice to any member of the ruling class reading this is "Go with the peaceful option, because the other one won't end well for you. Or your children, probably."
That's not a threat. It's a warning.
"I told you so."
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