On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 10:40:22 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 3:22:04 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> > Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > > Those of us who know what those terms mean don't throw them around.
> > Having had friends in the German Democrat Republic and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and visiting them, I saw 'marxism/socialism/communism" up very close and personally. I know what those terms mean...I didn't visit as a rich moneybags Western tourist, I lived with them in their own homes. All were humiliated that they had to live under such a crummy system, and that included the Party members with nice jobs, homes, and perks like Western travel and consumer goods, etc...
> > > I've probably met a few Marxists or Communists living in and around a university
> > > town for the past 40-odd years, but the presence of Marxists or Communists
> > > in American politics is nil.
> > BLM and "Critical Race Theory" have marxist/neo marxist roots...and both are now "large" features of daily American life...
> >
> > Locally here, there are a number of local elected officials and unions that are heavily pro - marxist...I'd bet there are in the People's Republik of Ann Arbor, too...
> Not as many as you'd think. Not anymore. Even the cooperatively owned bar where
> the Marxists used to hang out has closed.
>
> What we seem to have a lot of in local government is car-haters. If it weren't for
> the effect of tourism on the Ann Arbor economy, I think they'd try to outlaw cars
> within the city limits and make everybody take the bus. But they know the University
> of Michigan athletic department would stampede the football team down the
> streets, Mongo-style, if they attempted it.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
My guess is that we're gonna need unions more than ever. We need them more because of the every widening rift between the haves and have-not. The greater the divide between the rich and the lower classes, the more you need for instruments of equalization. My wife likes to complain about her boss to me when she gets home every so often. Some of it is pretty egregious. I always say that she should go to her union - that's what they're around for. Mostly, workers just want to be respected, and not abused. Is that too much to ask for?