Who lives in the land of the free?
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Edward Snowden started to shine the light on the government’s tyranny. Look what ten cents means to people who will stand up.
David DeGerolamo
If the Brazilian government thought that caving yesterday to popular demands against a $0.10 bus and subway fare hike would be enough to placate the millions and see a peaceful dissolution to the protests that had gripped the country in the past two weeks, it found out in less than 24 hours that ceding to the angry mob only emboldens the public to demand more (and with a list a grievances including corruption, violence, police repression and failed politicians the list of demands is sure to escalate). Sure enough, the very next day, the public emerged with newfound energy and momentum, as 300,000 people took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro and hundreds of thousands more flooded other cities in the largest protests yet.
Undeterred by the reversal of transport fare hikes that sparked the protests, and promises of better public services, marchers demonstrated around two international soccer matches and in locales as diverse as the Amazon capital of Manaus and the prosperous southern city of Florianopolis.
If we could only see the same (numbers) here in America. But alas, strung out on Rx and nonRx drugs, obesity, texting, gmo junk food and tv, zzzzzZZZZZZZ.