Hahah. Thanks, Aesa.
I should make my viewpoint known: I always find it interesting that when civil rights are taken away, the overwhelming attitude is utter apathy, but when changes to the economy go on, someone dies.
It happened to Martin Luther King, who was assassinated only when he started to concentrate on economic redress rather than civil rights issues: (For a viewpoint on what he wanted, go to:
Money and Values: Martin Luther King on Economic Justice )
Malcolm X (Who started arguing economic redress in his later years),
Gandhi (Who started fighting more towards a Village based economy, which I think is an interesting model) -
Economic Ideals of Gandhi
Abraham Lincoln threatened southern prosperity, who argued that slavery was how the south competed with Northern companies.
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I find it interesting that people are pretty laissez faire about their own rights, such as the right to Habeas Corpus, but that when people suspect their economy of being threatened, they take to the streets.
Bread and circuses. The romans were right.