Amazing things are happening all around the world as the
debt Ponzi collapse continues to unfold.
When the credit runs out, the government spending power goes away. When the government tries to put more burden
on the people to make up for this, the herd finally wakes up and shows government
who is really in control. Brazil just tried to raise rates on public transportation in order to make up shortfalls from the collapsing debt Ponzi. At the same time, the elite were spending billions on their plans to host the World Cup soccer matches. The combination of this tiny bit of additional austerity thrust upon the people with the audacity of spending money on something that really benefits only the very wealthy's egos when everyone else is tightening their belts was just too much. The herd revolted on it in unison. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets. Importantly, rescinding the additional transportation tariffs did not calm the herd. The worm has turned. There will be no easy escape for the con men IMO.
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the videos, they are very telling. The
riot police look around, see the people all acting in unison and in common
cause. They realize it is a lost cause and actually join the sit-in. This is absolutely amazing to watch. Observe how the one lone riot policeman sees his fellows sitting down and giving up. He is confused but eventually submits to the implied peer pressure and he sits down too.
I hope we get it this easy when the mass protest “contagion” finally
comes home to roost in the good old USA.
All I can say is that politicians and police will be wise to just give up and join the people instead of trying to fight. Contrary to what some sheeple think, there is no possible way that government and police and even the US military can possibly control the American people once the herd "goes Brazilian" on them. Heck, we couldn't even conquer Afghanistan and that is a place where military atrocities could be committed by war criminals like Bush and Obama without knowledge of the American people. That will not be the case if they try to pull the same crap here.
Someone is going to be in charge after things
change and smart cops will not go against the will of the people. Especially those in the US where everyone is
armed with high tech military style assault weapons and optics. It is just a really poor gamble to attack
American citizens on our own ground. I
hope the police of this country are looking at what is happening in Brazil and
learning from the wisdom of the Brazilian riot police. The winner of the coming conflict has already been decided in favor of the people. The only thing we don't know is how many lives will be lost in the process.
I'm very optimistic about these events in my country. However, caution is necessary.
ReplyDeleteThe leadership which initially led the protests against the bus fare hike in Sao Paulo, a Trotskyan faction of the ruling Workers' Party, is trying to anoint itself as if they still led the country-wide protests, even in the face of the disconnect between a fare hike in one city to cause protests all over the country where the fare was untouched. No doubt others will try to position themselves as leaders of the protests in order to garner political clout.
Yet, my optimism stems from the fact that the protests have outright rejected the attempts by several parties to hijack the popular movement. It's common to see in may rallies the expulsion of those carrying party flags (invariably, red).
Unfortunately, I can only follow the events from afar. But this indicates that the people perhaps has cathartically realized that the state is the problem, not whoever happens to be in charge of it.
Today, throughout 75 cities of various sizes, one million Brazilians are protesting on the streets. The last time that something of similar magnitude happened was in 1984 when the people demanded direct elections for the president ( http://bit.ly/19ZmJ5J ), which finally happened in 1985.
I just hope that the protests don't turn violent and Brazil is blessed with its own Velvet Revolution, God willing.