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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That’s sad what’s happened to America. Soulless corporations will be the death of your country if nothing gets done.

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Too true :( Though of course the corporations didn't take over by force; we regular Americans let them-- by not participating in politics, or, when we did, supporting their interests over our own. And they really just did what you'd expect them to, you know? Use their money and power to their advantage. 'Twas ever thus. I mean, I don't begrudge the rich a place at the table-- they're part of this country too, after all-- I'm just opposed to them having the ENTIRE table.

But maybe, as you observed about Ireland, recent events will be a wake-up call for the general public. I'm hoping that it might lead to a rebirth of citizenship, you know? People realizing that they have a responsibility to their country; that, in a democracy, the government is... us. We need to be informed, and involved. Otherwise it's not gonna work.

Hey... a girl can dream :)

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People are slowly beginning to wake up. And you’re right. Most of Ireland's problems stem from the fact that we as Irish people allow these problems to occur. But there have been occasions in our history where a group of Irish people got fed up of their fellow countrymen complaining about our problems so those specific Irish people took matters into their own hands and got uprisings going. It can happen again.