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We hear a lot of chatter these days that our economy is in a recession. Some even worry that the recession could be long lasting, perhaps melting our economy down into a depression the likes which hasn’t been seen since the 1930s. There are some who believe that the stratospheric folk, those 1 percent who own about 40-50 percent of the entire wealth of the nation, actually wouldn’t mind an economic meltdown. As is the custom with the stratospheric folk, when all is said and done, their assets will find safe haven, and after the collapse they get wealthier, while we get Katrina.
So I’m kind of a nut. I don’t trust stratospheric folk. As a matter of fact I tend to think they are much more of an enemy of the human race, of freedom, and justice, than those enemies that our government tries to make us fear and hate. When I see our economy tanking my first thought is, “What are the stratospheric people trying to steal now?”
And this brings me to the point of this article. Our nation really is at war. But it’s not a war on terror. Rather it’s a terrible war on the poor. We’re in a class war where stratospheric gluttons of greed continually feed on the bones of the poor and working class. Those of us who find ourselves in the so-called middle, those whose income hovers somewhere between $40-80,000, are continually the targets of stratospheric seduction. The 1 percent wants us to think that our interests are in line with their interests.
The real truth is that the middle class has far more in common with working people, struggling people, and poor folk than we do with those who make over $100,000. And most certainly, we simply have nothing in common with those who soar beyond the million mark. The problem is, sadly, that “we the people” no longer have a political party that represents our interests. Only wealthy people and corporations own political parties these days.
The solution, gladly, is that we need to build people power that envisions an economy that redistributes segregated wealth into commonwealth so that both generational aristocracy and generational poverty come to an end. It seems to me that the Real Change Organizing Project is a useful first step. Through RCOP we can educate folk about the real issues, gather folk together for the real fight, and equip folk for the real battles, so that we can win the real war and flush those stratospheric greed junkies down their thrones into the streets where, with God’s grace, they can become real human beings again.
But let’s not wait until our own bones are munched. Today, while we still have flesh and muscle, let’s unite, building a network of strength, and a future worthy of our sacrifice today.
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