By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:18:56 +0000

I believe in what Chuck, the Institute, and the Common Security Clubs are doing. But I live in a part of the country where the leadership (professional/business) do not want activism or serious change. They support the idea that we “brought the crisis on ourselves,” i.e. don’t look into the role deregulation, free trade, globalization, or privatization play in destabilizing the economy and putting millions out of work. The reason the economy faltered last year was because we lower income went into debt and expect too much. Leadership is perfect and makes no errors, and extreme income inequality is just the way things go when you have a lot of losers who don’t know how to make investments and advance themselves. (by the way, I live in the Dayton, Ohio suburbs) They focus on teaching us “better financial management,” which seems a subset of the whole point of a human life is how much money you can accumulate, and your life is worth the money you have. I have yet to hear any major public figure acknowledge any wrongdoing in the form of Gramm-Bliley Act, or acknowledge that free trade and deregulation exacerbate inequality and serve only the interests of the elite, or that we should work for a more just society. So I often feel totally alone out here (though I know I’m not) and that any work to support change by faraway groups does no good in my life. I’ve even developed new health problems out of this sense of irrelevance and powerlessness. So – how to effect change when I’m a nobody with no influence?

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By: anonymous