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Old 06-07-2016, 11:54 PM  
Paul Markham
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Voting to break the establishment.

Saw Sanders Santa Monica speech an hour ago.

He must terrify the establishment. His promise is to give Democracy back to the people.

Trump also is saying what a lot of Americans want to hear.

In the UK the Leave the EU camp are saying the same.

We the people are being run increasingly by Governments that are led by big business or big bureaucracy. The threat is always the same, do as you're told of the economy will shrink. While people's incomes shrink, countries debts are out of hand and public spending is being reduced.

There's only one sector that is benefitting. The top 1%. Their increased wealth is growing faster than ever. Inflating the average wage, when for the rest wage rises aren't keeping pace with the cost of living.

And yet, the people vote for this over and over again. They voted for Clinton, in Britain, they might vote to be ruled from Brussels by people they didn't elect. Scared their EU rulers might make EU workers poorer. To make them afraid of asking for their democratic rights.

If you want to see change, change things by scaring the ruling class. Change happens from the bottom and goes to the top. Rarely the other way around.
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