I find that it is not quite as painful if I understand how and why the 1% do and how they do it to us 99%, such as how do the 1% control the 99% of the wage slaves in a country that is a democracy. The people elect their leaders, which then always supports the wishes of the 1%.
This goes back to the founding of this country. Well, the 1% has had control since the beginning of our country. Our Constitution was originally written for the 1%, the rich white men, and little rights were given to the 99%. Rights that included the 99% were written only after the 99% fought back and got the Bill of Rights.
Then the 1% started to devise ways to weaken the 99%, which was a two party system and for the GOP money people, and one for the leftovers, the Democrats. But when the leftovers were getting too strong the 1% figured out how to split the leftovers into smaller groups by divisive issues, such as race, gender, religion, abortion, sexual orientation and so on.
Always something new like gun control, wars and it has worked even to this day, and even when there are issues where the 99% and even some of the 1% agree on. They are still split for we are all too reluctant to talk to each other in a civil, responsible manner and this is just what the 1% are counting on to control the 99% and it works. Just like the Citizens United, which the majority of the 99% do not understand is that the majority does not rule. The minority rules, for it has written laws upheld by the Supreme Court, which has almost always ruled against the workers.
The other tool used against the 99% is American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has been devastating to workers, especially unions. ALEC writes canned laws for state elected officials, who then sponsor the bills that sail through the legislative process and are then signed by the governor of the state. A process that happens so fast that the 99% can only react to the laws, but it is too late to stop. Again the minority rules against the majority.
This is not a democracy. It is a plutocracy. So there is no doubt in my mind that the Founders were students of the Art of War and The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. So to fight against the 1% we must understand our foe in order to win and also we must understand ourselves.
Unions’ long game is to get all union contracts to expire on the same day nationwide. The United Auto Workers combines contracts ends on April 28, 2028. This could then result in a mass national strike starting on May Day beeginning that year. This could then put enormous pressure on employers, but also on lawmakers. It’s the muscle and sweat of the workers that keeps this country great, not the individual company or corporations. This May Day strike would be the time to change the workers’ world for the better by negotiating for a 32-hour week with the same pay, and the U.S. adopts a healthcare for all with no out of pocket costs. This would also help the employers as they would no longer have to provide healthcare. By striking, the UAW won same pay for new workers, all UAW contracts will end on the same date, a 25-percent pay increase, a cost of living adjustments, a guaranteed right to strike over potential plant closures, and also the right to vote to unionize through the card che
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