There is no in between in this class warfare. You are either with the unions or against; you can’t be whatever’s convenient for your self-interest.
The exploitation of the proletarians by the oligarchies, who are anti-union GOP capitalists, will lead to the proletarians’ demise. Even though some companies are slow walking the increase in minimum wage hoping that the proletarians will let down their demands for the $15 to $18 an hour. Capitalists should look at Lincoln’s statement on May 19, 1856 when he said, “Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.”
For the proletariats to understand their opponents better, I would suggest you read, The Prince, written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold onto power. The Haves with their arrogant opulence, its police, its courts—up to the Supreme Court, and its churches, claims of morality, law and order. These all secures the Haves’ status quo. But, the power of the Have Nots rests with their numbers.
It has been said that the Haves, living under the nightmare of possible threats to their possessions and who are always faced with the question of when do we sleep; while the nightmare of the Have Nots is where do we sleep and when do we eat? In between the Haves and the Have Nots is a new group of the Used to Haves, who have now lost what little they had.
This is sort of like a person who has lost their sight, but they remember what it was like to see and now cannot see and become bitter at the loss of their sight. In some cases, when this group finally figures out that it is not the government or president for their plight and realize that it is the Haves that that are to blame. When these people realize what happened to them they will grow the ranks of the Have Nots and Have Littles, and then we will be closer to the 99 percent. Right now there is still a gap between the 47 percent and the rest of us. The last group to join the Have Nots is the Have Littles or Want Mores.
This is what is left of the diminished Middle Class. They are torn between upholding the status quo to protect the little they still have, yet wanting change so they can get more. They become split personalities. They want a safe way where they can profit by change and not risk losing the little they are holding onto.
The proletariat wage slaves have got to think about how wars are won. You are either all in or all out, on one side or the other. There is no in between for you will be smashed by both sides if you are caught between the two forces coming together to battle. The winning side will be the proletariats because our numbers outnumber the oligarchies’.
Yes, they are coming for us. Workers need to have one another’s backs because no one else will. Neither the broader labor movement nor the Democratic party are prepared to meet the urgency of this moment. So it’s going to fall upon the rest of us to mount a real resistance against Trump’s authoritarian takeover. We’re going to have to get our hands dirty. I don’t care if you have a good, well-paying union job and you are in the middle class now—if you see a worker being dragged out of his workplace regardless of how skilled the job and potentially taken to another country, you should be ready to be there for that worker. When I.C.E. shows up, gather around and shame them into leaving. It has worked in other places. America is sleep walking into authoritarianism, and if there’s anyone out there who is a member of a labor union that is safe—at this point— and doesn’t think this applies to them. Understand that they just haven’t gotten to you yet. They’re coming for all of us. There are ...
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