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We need to take a look at what forces in American society are preventing people from being able to resist tyranny and dehumanization

Seeded on Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:02 AM EDT

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Bruce E. Levine: There are times when human beings can become so broken that truths of how they are being victimized do not set them free. This is certainly the case for many victims of parental and spousal abuse. They are not helped by people explaining to them that they are being battered, exploited, uncared about and disrespected. They know it already and somebody pointing it out is not helpful.

So, it seems to me that it is also possible that human beings can become so broken by the abuse of the corporate elite that they also are no longer set free by truth.

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There remain young people who have not had their spirit of resistance against the corpocracy crushed out of them, and I ask them, "How many of your peers are aware of and rebelling against the reality that they are being turned into indentured servants and slaves?" They tell me practically none of their peers are resisting, at least constructively, as they feel too powerless to do anything but lots of alcohol, illegal and psychiatric prescription drugs to kill the pain of their hopelessness. I don't see a hell of lot of kids protesting about how they are getting screwed, and that tells me something.

This says alot about the sorry state of parenting.

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#1 - Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:04 AM EDT

Elistra

Personally, I think that most of it hinges on the cultural myth that pyramid schemes actually work. The myth goes something like this: if you're a good enough slave, sooner or later you'll rise up from the bottom layer. Then, when you're on top, you'll get to live the easy life because everyone else will be your slave.

Of course, life doesn't work like this.

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#2 - Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:45 AM EDT

Some_guy-1713819

agreed.

What is the solution though? I taught my kids to keep the ability to be self reliant in all aspects of their lives but the way things are going in the economy, that is getting to be a shrinking option.

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#2.1 - Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:56 AM EDT

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