The attitude of America’s governing classes

If I had to sum up the attitude of America’s governing classes in one word, I would say: contempt.

Michael Chorost, Ph.D

As Gandhi and Martin Luther King so well understood, nonviolent resistance is extraordinarily powerful. It shows who holds the moral high ground. It reveals the thugs and bullies in high places for who they are. It creates sympathy and evokes principled action. It clears the way for thoughtful men and women of conscience and character to speak out for rational courses of action.

This event [the pepper spraying of peaceful UC Davis protesters] is powerfully symbolic. It is about contempt from those in power and the wanton use of force against the powerless.

We have seen similar things over and over again in the past few years. We have seen it in banks lobbying for public handouts and then denying relief to millions of exploited homeowners. We have seen it in tax breaks and bonuses for the rich while millions of Americans are out of work. We have seen it in church and university officers abusing children and then covering it up…. We have seen it in the absurd declaration that corporations are “people” and entitled to spend billions of dollars to elect representatives that they will then own. We have seen it everywhere we turn.

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If you have psychopathic tendencies and are born to a poor family, you're likely to go to prison. If you have psychopathic tendencies and are born to a rich family, you're likely to go to business school.

George Monbiot

In case you missed the video, watch below to understand how the police acted and why this is a big deal.  Do you think that the 1% are acting honorably?  When the police go home are they the 1%, or the 99%?  Are we in the United States better than this?

I don’t agree with the collective communist/socialist ideals of the OWS movement.  I lean toward the Liberty side.  However, the system is demonstrated as corrupt.  Is this the pivot point?

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable -- a most sacred right -- a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

Abraham Lincoln