When Anger Reaches Critical Mass??

      As I keep spouting, there isn't a country on the planet that hasn't got people on the streets, venting their anger and disgust at the present system, voicing their outrage at the injustice and inequality that blights so many people's lives, all in the midst of unbelievable wealth. We struggle to survive surrounded by opulence. More and more people are realising this is not necessary, we are capable of seeing to the needs of all our people, but are hindered by a bunch of greedy pampered parasites who attempt to lock us into a system that feeds their bloated bank accounts at the expense of the well being of the people.

    I believe that awareness is the first step to change, and awareness is spreading rapidly across the continents of this world. People no longer accept the political system, and in most cases hold the political class in contempt, seeing them as the paid managers of a corporate system of greed and exploitation. Is that feeling of anger, disgust, reaching the critical point where change is unstoppable, where the old system will be demolished and that better world built in its place? If so, we need to have in our minds what that better world will look like, we need to clarify our desires and the principles on which to build that better world for our kids and grandkids. We need to think mutual aid, co-operation, equality, dignity and justice for all, we must put the needs of all our people as the basic building blocks, and build on sustainability.

      In America, that country at the pinnacle of the capitalist system, where, if it did what it says on the packet, everybody should be doing great. However, in that land of super capitalism, poverty, deprivation, and growing anger are the odours that fill the air. 

This from Workers World:

What will it take to defeat dead-end capitalism?

Dear sisters and brothers,

     There is a big change taking place in the United States this year. It has not yet been seen in mass outbreaks of struggle. But it is there. You can almost feel it, breathe it in the air. It is a growing change in the consciousness of the working class. It is especially strong among its most impoverished and oppressed sectors, including immigrants, but it is everywhere.

There is:

•  A growing resentment of the very rich, the only ones to benefit from the so-called recovery.

• A feeling that the capitalist, profit-driven system has run up against a brick wall and will not, cannot provide a real, lasting solution to the growing poverty felt by more and more people.

• A disgust with the politicians of both wings of the capitalist parties — Republican and Democratic alike. They are seen as part of the problem, not part of the solution.

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