When "Republicans" say that the ACA (Obamacare) is a "disaster"...

They are being literal and correct.. for them.

The "people" were calling for nationwide, universal healthcare, and politicians did not see theft efficiency there. So they tied it up with enough "debate" to convince the public that it wasn't possible... and then sold us out of desperation a plan that was horribly expensive, but still manageable to a small segment of the population.
War was waged to divert attention and funds while...
The Politicians, who still saw it as money left on the table... immediately engaged in the attack with a renewed debate.

Democrats said it was flawed but required more investment to "fix" it...
Republicans say that it is unworkable, and require more funds to replace it.

Ultimately it is a "disaster" for politicians because... in an entirely criminal system where centuries of grift have bloated it beyond almost anyone's realistic understanding...
There are too many gang members that have to get their "cut".

The margins are too small... and they "need" all that money now... and it's never enough to cover the spread.

We have all seen the movies where the gang terrorizes the village for protection money that is beyond what any of the villagers can afford.

So, they live in fear.

It couldn't be more clear.
Don't you feel the squeeze?
Aren't you being terrorized?

Aren't low-level members of the gang... although a motley crew... riding roughshod through your communities like cowboys, disrespecting you and taking all the good sh*t that you couldn't hide from them?

... while the only people that get around it are "entertainers"... who better play the game right "In the bar", or else.

Don't you see it?

WE need to get better at hiding our pennies... and watch them start feeding on themselves...

Like the back-stabbing, low-life good-for-nothing bandits always do in the movies.

Truth in fiction.

Or we can always just wait for a Samurai/Gunslinger to ride in and save us.

Wait for it...

~ Grey

Listen to her... Just listen.
Take it in.
If you can't take up arms, the least that you can do is stop playing along with your oppressors bullsh*t.

This is not a "Black Lives Matter" vs. "All Lives Matter" thing.
While we live in a grift-state where the top 1% is enabled by a small group of powerful individuals for advantage over the rest...
The oppression that Philando's mother speaks of in this video is on an entirely different level and is quite specific.
She has felt both subtly and now overtly the effects of the war against Black people that wages in this country as we presently communicate.
Many have mentioned how the whole of society suffers as the result of the oppression of part of it... and the idea of class separation as it related to economy and American social structure was alluded to...
But understand this...
The Black struggle is a separate and particularly egregious one, that may be almost impossible for those that identify as "White" to understand or address properly.
It speaks to the shaping of a culture into the reflection of an ignorant, barbaric one that retold history to limit "us" to one continent in the first place... and then created a highly discriminatory "club" out of a gang they labeled as "White"...
All for the purpose of subjugating those that did not fit into the club criteria into a sub-human class.
Today the mechanisms of that "club" create a system in which, by default, we "Blacks" live in the constant danger of death or destruction by the action of simply living without being "on guard" 24 hrs a day, every day.
This systematic assault is physical, mental, and spiritual... and is the difference that defines the Black experience.
Our expression, Our communication is always activated within that reality, in spite of those ever-present conditions.
This is why it can be offensive when those that identify as part of the oppressive club, although maybe not taking part in its more gang-like activities, attempt to place themselves in the position of those that are oppressed in that manner... as if our positions were the same.
They are not.
The target on our backs is not removable, and despite some of our best efforts, glows through all of our garments.