Just as managers and owners agreed to the compromise of unions in order to prevent the workers from dragging them from their homes and setting the factory on fire with them inside, governments should feel the fear of what happens when you treat people like shit and ignore their complaints.
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The only government that works for the people is a government that is afraid of the people
Ya know.....everyone always tries to say violence isn't the answer. It's things like this that tells me those people are stupid. Violence is absolutely the answer.
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I wonder how many government officials, local and state, have been paid off to ignore public input, know they aren't getting reelected, but don't care because they've gotten enough to retire.
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That's evidentially the only way, since the councils just don't care
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Good. Scare the fuck out of them.
Speak softly (peacefully protest) and carry a big stick (riot).
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
You need both.
I really need to get into local government because there seems to be a lot of bribes going around and I need a new computer.
Official's income are bribes, they don't work for the voters, just do enough for getting reelected.
Thats just awful.
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This is what happens naturally when elected leaders ignore who they are supposed to represent. People don't get this angry without a reason. They are unheard.
There's a very simple thing the leaders need to do. Listen and act in their constituents interests.
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