Do you have any advice for a formal complaint? My daughter and I were harassed this morning, kicked off the train (with paid tickets). The inspectors belittled and taunted me, even saying "have a nice walk" as they followed me up to the top of the platform and the street. The issue was really that I challenged them when they asked us to leave the train. My daughter had a youth ticket and no ID. I explained that I was her mother, showed them personal photos in my wallet, medical cards with her name etc. apparently wasn't good enough and they thought my disagreement was enough to punish us to the full letter of the 'law'. It was a disgusting display of a God complex and abuse of authority. (by a Trimet rider)
Berkman was right. As long as most citizens believe in the ideas that justify global capitalism, the private and state institutions that serve our corporate masters are unassailable. When these ideas are shattered, the institutions that buttress the ruling class deflate and collapse. The battle of ideas is percolating below the surface. It is a battle the corporate state is steadily losing. An increasing number of Americans are getting it. They know that we have been stripped of political power. They recognize that we have been shorn of our most basic and cherished civil liberties, and live under the gaze of the most intrusive security and surveillance apparatus in human history. Half the country lives in poverty. Many of the rest of us, if the corporate state is not overthrown, will join them. These truths are no longer hidden. Is There a Revolution Coming? Americans Finally Realize Global Capitalism Is a Murderous Sham | Alternet
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