Koko78 Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, B-Man said: Awesome, let them build their fencing to clearly define their 'autonomous zone', then shut off the power, water and sewer connections. Since they're 'autonomous' and no longer part of our country, they certainly don't need outside assistance as a self-sustaining power. 2 1 1
Back2Buff Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Koko78 said: Awesome, let them build their fencing to clearly define their 'autonomous zone', then shut off the power, water and sewer connections. Since they're 'autonomous' and no longer part of our country, they certainly don't need outside assistance as a self-sustaining power. They using American streets, American made goods, American money, and will be using American hospitals when something happens. I have never seen something so childish yet hilarious in my life. I didn't think people could be this mind numbing dumb. 2
billsfan1959 Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, Koko78 said: Awesome, let them build their fencing to clearly define their 'autonomous zone', then shut off the power, water and sewer connections. Since they're 'autonomous' and no longer part of our country, they certainly don't need outside assistance as a self-sustaining power. And they should have to present a legally recognized passport to get back into our country..... 1
Chef Jim Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 Just now, Koko78 said: Awesome, let them build their fencing to clearly define their 'autonomous zone', then shut off the power, water and sewer connections. Since they're 'autonomous' and no longer part of our country, they certainly don't need outside assistance as a self-sustaining power. And lord knows they are likely not paying taxes for those services. 1
Koko78 Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, billsfan1959 said: And they should have to present a legally recognized passport to get back into our country..... They should at least apply for a visa from their local US Consulate before they cross the border. 1
Buffalo_Gal Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 Language, but this woman speaks the truth... 1 5 1 7
RiotAct Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 25 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: wow... I.... sort of agree with Cuomo.
Golden*Wheels Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 I winced watching that dude getting hit by the statue. Oof. 2
Orlando Buffalo Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Dante said: All fake. All the time. Too funny. https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-06-08-false-flag-obama-foundation-tweeted-george-floyd.html Was anyone taking this seriously? I just wish all fake news was so obvious
B-Man Posted June 11, 2020 Author Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) Serf’s Up. By JOEL KOTKIN Like so many before them, our recent disorders have been rooted in issues of race. But in the longer run, the underlying causes of our growing civic breakdown go beyond the brutal police killing of George Floyd. Particularly in our core cities, our dysfunction is a result of our increasingly large, and increasingly multi-racial, class of neo-serfs. Like its Medieval counterpart, today’s serf class consists of the permanently marginalized—like the peasants of feudal times, these people are unlikely to move to a higher station. This does not only apply to the residents of our ghettos and barrios. Many of our young people, white and otherwise, appear to have little or no hope of attaining the usual milestones of entry into the middle class—gaining a useful and marketable skill, starting a small business, or buying a home or other property. Throughout much of the 20th century, this aspiration was very much alive as more and more people, including racial minorities and immigrants, entered the middle ranks. Now, in contrast, the doors are slamming shut for millions of Americans. This trend has been made worse by the lockdowns surrounding the pandemic. Almost 40% of those Americans making under $40,000 a year have lost their jobs. The unemployment rate of those with less than a high-school diploma jumped from 6.8% on the month to 21.2%. For college graduates, it rose from 2.5% to 8.4%. Salaried workers have been laid off at roughly half the rate of hourly workers. The biggest drops in hiring have been concentrated in recreation and travel, largely “personal contact” jobs that employ many low-wage workers. Employment in this sector has dropped 70% while remaining remarkably stable throughout the public sector and in such fields as computer networking. Many young people, including college graduates, are now often employed in these low-wage industries. They are suffering the largest share of our job losses for any age group. In a new report, Data for Progress found that a staggering 52% of people under the age of 45 have lost a job, been put on leave, or had their hours reduced due to the pandemic. This class of underemployed and unemployed youths appears to be represented among the rioters and looters that took advantage of peaceful and legitimate protests. Particularly telling has been the role played by predominately white radicals—whom Mike Lind hilariously labels “riot ninjas.” Although often emerging from largely privileged backgrounds, radicals—whether part of anti-fa or just freelance—can be seen as putting into action the political indoctrination they imbibed in college and, increasingly, even earlier. The agenda of the new activists is nothing less than a total assault on the bourgeoisie. Protest leaders, such as Black Lives Matter-LA’s Melina Abdulla, believe that “the rebellion” must extend into upscale urban areas. This approach works well not only for socialist revolutionaries but for the financial advantage of criminal gangs exploiting the chaos. Hence the trashing of iconic L.A. shopping destinations like The Grove, the Beverly Center, and Rodeo Drive, as well as such upper-income bastions as Uptown in Minneapolis, Atlanta’s Buckhead, Seattle’s suburban Bellevue, historic Washington, D.C., and the Barclay Center in downtown Brooklyn. In Chicago, city officials, much like Medieval counterparts, raised the bridges over the Chicago River to keep the protestors out of the swanky part of the central city. History also Regresses More than the race riots of the 1960s or previous modern social explosions, which mainly were confined to ghettos and barrios, the current wave resembles the peasant rebellions that periodically swept Medieval societies. These upheavals—such as Watt Tyler’s rebellion in England and the Jacquerie in France—devolved into brazen attacks on the property and persons of the upper classes which led to bloody aristocratic reprisals. The heads of rebels were sometimes hung on spikes as a warning to others. Such a “back to the future” regression contradicts notions, held dear by many heirs of the Bush Right and Obama Left, of an “arc of history” bending inexorably toward greater social progress. Like Rome in the waning years of classical civilization, our society seems to be moving backward, away from greater prosperity and enlightenment and toward a more hierarchical, controlled, and economically and demographically stagnant reality. We appear to be watching the end of a remarkable period which saw, first, the ascendency of the middle class and then, particularly after World War II, the steady improvement of conditions for the working class. Now this progress has ground to a halt, a trend greatly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the United States, long seen as the great land of opportunity, the chance of middle-class earners moving up to the top rungs of the earnings ladder has dropped by approximately 20% since the early 1980s. MUCH more at the link: Edited June 11, 2020 by B-Man 1
Dante Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 43 minutes ago, Buffalo Timmy said: Was anyone taking this seriously? I just wish all fake news was so obvious Billions take a fake virus seriously so why not? A entire world full of dupes. 56 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Language, but this woman speaks the truth... That was awesome. 1
Teddy KGB Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 All the “activists” cheer as this man catches a blow that will probably kill him 22k go fund me and rising
The Guy In Pants Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Language, but this woman speaks the truth... Be still my heart ❤️ 3
Unforgiven Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Language, but this woman speaks the truth... You’re here because you’re dumb as f***” ...all the ppp dimwits....
Dante Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Teddy KGB said: All the “activists” cheer as this man catches a blow that will probably kill him 22k go fund me and rising Stupid games get stupid prizes. Can't say it was disturbing like the disclaimer warned me at the start of this gem. This may be better than the moron that set himself on fire last week. Edited June 11, 2020 by Dante 2
BillStime Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) Trump continues to embrace white supremacy. What a tactic. Such a uniter, right @Buffalogal? Edited June 11, 2020 by BillStime 2 1
Reality Check Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 https://www.zerohedge.com/political/seattle-autonomous-zone-now-has-heavily-armed-warlord-governor-clueless 1
Wacka Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Golden*Wheels said: I winced watching that dude getting hit by the statue. Oof. HE CODED TWICE ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. HAVENT SEEN ANYTHIG ON THIS ON THE NATIONAL (ABC, CBS, NBC) NEWS. Too lazy to retype (I'm not yelling), Edited June 12, 2020 by Wacka 1 1 1
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