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Freedom is Just Another Word For...

Washington's Blog (where the below post originally appeared) wonders whether the people are "waking up."  Yes, and no.For years, people have realized that a power elite controlled society.  People were always awake.  However, most Americans were able to live a middle class lifestyle, and thus had no incentive to storm Wall Street.  People had too much to lose.I've been talking to more people who have lost - or are teetering on losing - everything.  Unlike in Russia where the oligarchs were able to pillage an unarmed population of peasants, Americans have guns. What are tens-of-millions of armed Americans who have no jobs and no hope going to do once Wall Street starts paying our billions in bonuses again?  Hopefully Americans do the right thing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on June 28, 2010 (boomark / email).