It was a radical idea in 1776 & it’s a radical idea today: that govts are instituted to secure “the right of all people to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Someone economically locked down in a survival mode from which they can’t escape is not free to pursue happiness

Mar 30, 2020 · 9:35 AM UTC

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Tens of millions of people work at jobs they hate just to get health benefits or pay off college loans, while govt continues to subsidize tiny portion of citizens in obscenely grandiose style. So it was already clear we had a problem. Coronavirus bailout just confirms the abuse.
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Older people don’t so much remember better days as we remember a time when people knew enough to guffaw at the idea that average Americans would be so routinely economically screwed as they are now. We knew things were supposed to be better & that it was govt’s job to make it so.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
"Someone economically locked down in a survival mode from which they can’t escape is not free to pursue happiness" - sounds like a description of "America's" "enslaved" "citizens", from 1619 to the present. Reparations are needed to achieve a moral America.
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I’ve said that for many years, and made it a pillar of my campaign.
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Are you suggesting the government shouldn't implement a lockdown? I don't agree. This is an unusual set of circumstances, the likes of which one line from the declaration of ind. is unlikely to cope with. When the virus passes, I hope they can pursue happiness.
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What...? I’m suggesting no such thing.
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#TeamMarianne “An economic bottom line puts economic values before humanitarian values... And that means it’s o.k. if our children are hungry if it means somebody makes a buck. We are here to say... No, no, no, no, no.”
Mary Hollywood🕊️ @MaryHollywood4
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Marianne Williamson always on message. This is from 2011, Occupy Wall St in LA.
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Thank you Marriane; I discovered your writing in A Return to Love; you’re a beloved teacher of mine.
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Will you run for president if/when the DNC screws Bernie again? I'll vote for you.
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Neither so if they are without life and health. Prayers continue during this time of #Convid19 and thoughtful options thereafter.
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