Slavery didn’t end in the US until 1945
September 24th, 2008 Gennaro Brooks-ChurchUS Steel was one of the main beneficiaries
Slave nation
An honest and complete history of the United States would include the fact that its economy, especially in the South, was addicted to slavery…
And that slavery continued in the South protected by local laws, law enforcement, courts and judges through 1945 (with occasional episodes afterward.)
Amazingly, one of the primary beneficiaries of this period of Post-Emancipation neo-slavery was U.S. Steel.
For more info Google the book “Slavery by another name”
Today, people charged with petty drug crimes do hard time, work for a few cents an hour while in prison, and have their labor leased to Fortune 500 corporations.
And the US is building news prisons every day.
Little known fact: The US has a higher percentage of its citizens in prison than any other country on earth including Russia and China.
Above text from Brasscheck.tv
My Note: I would vote for pretty much any black person to be president. They would have to be really, really terrible for me not to vote for them. This is simply because blacks have had such a bum rap for so many years. Until there is some sort of equality we will continue to live in a stunted society. Even Condoliza Rice, who I can’t stand, I give her credit purely based on her skin color.
Call it reverse racism or affirmative action but I do think that a pro minority attitude will speed up the equalization of our society. When I mean minority I mean for the most part people who have had the financial brunt, of which the blacks and Indians fared the worst and continue to fare the worst.
I am infuriated by the current obsession to “bail out” the financial sector with huge amounts of money under the pretense that it will avoid a financial catastrophe. It will cause some belt tightening certainly. It might even restructure the whole financial market.
But it is a gross misappropriation of funds and shows how racist and classist our society continues to be. Never have I seen Bush so concerned for the welfare of others. OMG! CEO’s risk losing their jobs! White collar workers might have to take a pay break! The Horror!
Meanwhile the majority of America continues to struggle, like they done since the constitution. Lets face it, our so called democratic free market society might not be so great! It is great for a select few. Good for some. And pretty crappy for many.
The basic problem here is that humans have yet to find a societal structure that benefits the majority. From kingdoms to communism, the basic top down structure always seems to take over where you have an elite few living off the backs of the rest.
I increasingly think Anarchism is the best arrangement. Not the Anarchism of Hollywood scare mongers but the Anarchism of well meaning intelligent, mature people. If you really look at the theories of Anarchism you will find that a lot of them you practice already and the rest you would practice if you didn’t have stupid rules imposed on you that treat you like a child.
