>>Makes me wonder, how long will it take until we see the blueprint for some "new age communism" or any other project of the kind? Something has to counterbalance the corporate rulers of the world, or else the future won't be bright at all.
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>I don't know how it's (counterbalance) going to happen, or even *if*.
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>The unions have no more bargaining chip with outsourcing being threatened the instant they 'step out of line'. Also, with the government's tacit approval, a growing number of pension plans are being robbed blind by the companies followed by defaults on pensions when it is shown they are 'broke'. Seems to be no penalty for defaulting on a person's (earned) pension RIGHTS. Unions are toothless there too. And, of course, unions have been made a pariah anyway by the media, and most people asked readily say that unions are money-grabbing anachronisms that ought to be outlawed.
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>There are people who go out and demonstrate against corporate greed (aka "globalization") but these get virtually NO attention from the media. When a bit of attention is afforded it is about the hooligans who seem to follow the legit demonstrators and shash things up. I'm almost convinced now that these "hooligans" are actually funded by corporations to intentionally divert the attention from the real issues. The media (all corporations, don't forget) essentially tsk-tsk the (legitimate) demonstrators, equating them all with the few hooligans.
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>Dark days ahead, my friend! No relief in sight.

Deja vu. Milosevic's state TV didn't report on day-to-day demonstrations until it had cameras in place to catch their own plaincloth policemen smashing shop windows. The agent provocateurs are the first worry of any decent demonstration organizers.

And just like then, we had real news on the web (how else do I know about it), but then merely one percent of the people knew about it.