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I wasn’t there personally, but the times we’re living in now, might be similar to say… 1775. We are living under a criminal empire that treats us all like pawns... I mean, slaves!!!

Those of us at the so-called “bottom” or at the fringes of society notice it the most because “we” are excluded from the supposed opportunities afforded the “middle class” (those classes higher than “us”, but not a part of the elite, privileged classes.) What the middle class is beginning to understand in this era, is that they are both trapped on the “plantation” and pawns of the system.

As the middle classes in America, (or let’s say in The West) lose their jobs, positions and assets, they have also begun to lose the status and “privilege” connected with and implied by those assets. They too realize how fragile their place in the social hierarchy is under a criminal empire.

They are… or seem to be, at least, willing to rise up, and protest against the government, yet the idea of combining forces with the “lower” classes seems distasteful to them – for whatever reason.

As the March for Our Lives “movement” emerged, I noticed no attempts to ally with the already established and funded Black Lives Matter movement.

The classic method that the few use to rule the many is divide and conquer and it works splendidly every time.

In addition to racial, class, social and religious divides, we are witnessing a generational divide as well. David Hogg’s (March for Our Lives) generationally divisive rants are evidence of this tactic.

And… on a global scale, there’s nothing we can do about it.

However, on a local scale, there’s hope. I’m not here to suggest ways to accomplish this or spotlight those who are working towards something like this. When and if humans are cooperating it’s usually based on their own survival.

So I’ll just leave that right there.

FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Philadelphia, 1992 back stage at the Trocadero Theater I caught up with The Roots, recently signed to Geffen Records. They were the first hip-hop act signed to the label and they nearly bombed. It turned out that Geffen wanted a hip-hop act because the genre was profitable, but Geffen was a “rock/pop” label and didn’t know how to market hip-hop (or so I was told.)

One event led to another and even as Geffen folded, The Roots… (originally known as the Square Roots) flourished, until today you can see them perform nightly on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

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