I recently wrote a couple of posts about why organized resistance in the form of demonstrations no longer work. It seems I have good company, because Edward Snowden agrees. Here's what he said in a recent interview in The Nation: Edward Snowden: I believe strongly that Occupy Wall Street had such limits because the local authorities were able to … Continue reading Snowden acknowledges ineffectiveness of organized opposition
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Popular iconography is "velvet handcuffs". It's that place you don't like or even hate, but the benefits are so good you can't quit. Or, you're so much in debt, you can't "afford" to. Better term: velvet fist. Get outta line and you'll meet the hard side. It'll hammer you back into shape (conformity) if you speak out … Continue reading Capitalism’s velvet fist: job retention