Edwards tells rural crowd to ignore polls, fundraising horse race

No jackass I'm not telling you about college professors saying that socialism would have worked etc... What I am telling you which you seem to ignore is that there are reasons why it failed in China and Russia and have NOTHING to do with what you are talking about. The reason why most civilizations collaspe has to do with the ruling class ignoring the rights of the people they govern you moron. The French Revolution, The Heavenly Rebellion in China, our own American Revolution, The Roman Empire, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it!! As the wealthy and powerful oppress those underneath them, rebellion follows. As for liberals tearing down our history, give me a break. Let's talk about all the dirty laundry we have swept under our rugs since our creation. The 1898 Race Riots right here in Wilmington. Do you think a park is going to make up for the fact that NO ONE wants to even acknowledge that it happened for fear of being sued? We live in a town that immortalizes its Confederate dead with monument after monument and "that's OK". But God forbid don't hold ourselves accountable for the wrong we do because it's all for the glory of America by God. Let's talk about the millions of native Americans we slaughtered in the name of God's chosen people. They were here first weren't they? We still to this day have them living in the lowest scale of poverty imaginable. The Cherokee were lucky. They had the US and NC over a barrel because a few Cherokee used legislation of agreed treaties made and broken throughout history with that tribe and put NC and the US in quite a pickle so they were more than happy to oblige a little casino, "on their land." Then we tell what few enterprising tribes that try to follow suit and open gambling casinos to make a quick dollar, they can't. Then we turn and try to build horse racing tracks, our own casinos, and a lottery system. We are such hypocrits. If you know anything about history at all you will find that most oppressed and enslaved people jump on the ideology that Socialism and Communism is based on. Why do you think that is? It's because they have no voice. Having a view that does not agree with those in power tends to get you killed. Our democracy started out working the way it should have. But now it is all about the money. Who raises the most in a campaign? Who has the most prominant backers? Who do the special interest groups have their hooks in? The everyday man is lost in the shuffle with no voice. You yourself can't even choose a party or candidate that you are 100% in agreement with. The reason that NC is a right to work state was to keep "undesirables" out of their workforce. When they realized it could work to keep radicals out, let's just use it to keep the other Undesirables out. Who needs Jim Crow?The "Undesirables" which include people of color, nationality, political, and religious affiliation. They to this day do not have to give a person a reason for not hiring or firing you. They can dictate forced overtime, unsafe working conditions, and ignore on the job injuries. And your right is to go anywhere else to work in NC and be subjected to the same treatment. NC is the 2nd worst state in the nation in dealing with on the job injuries and workers rights. Why do you think that people lobby so much to raise the minimum wage just to get near the poverty level. Oh my, another of their bad choices. Can you or anyone else in this country ever make or have so much wealth that you can afford, to give people working under you and making your fortune, a wage to make a living? So much to be proud of. This "American" way of life and its great economy you boast about is the same way of life that told us it was ok to sell human beings into slavery. We started with selling Indians within our state borders and then progressed to the African slave trade that the Grand Ol South was built on. Let's don't forget about our large population of neighbors from the Great state of New York where most of its buildings, bridges, etc were built on the backs of slave labor, yes it's true. Check out "Slavery and the Making of America" And let's not forget that we helped put a lot of those fanactics in power in the middle east and ignored them for years until "our oil supply" was threatened or held hostage. And lastly, if we are approaching this Iraq and Afghan conflict the right way with a large force, why can't we find Osama Bin Laden? Why can't we get control in Iraq? Why won't the Iraqis ever be able to govern themselves? Yet the military officials tell us that things are OK, we've accomplished a lot etc., why are we not done yet? Here you inform anyone who will listen to you that we are ignoring their mass. What the rest of the extremists in the muslim world are waiting for is for us to send in a force so large that they too feel threatened and then you will really see a large force from Iran or Syria, or other sympathetic nation go in to drive us out. I mean if we have to be there and what we are doing isn't working can't we try something else? But there are so many soldiers out there and those that are lucky to come back home alive that will tell you they do not know what they are supposed to be doing over there. Maybe it's because of an unclear objective, lack of good strategy, maybe we have been spoiled and can't remember what it was like to hear about Americans dying in larger numbers during larger scale wars like you talk about, I like you remember hearing those numbers and seeing the coverage on the evening news,so I guess what you are advocating is that we should not get upset that we are losing soldiers everyday in "war light" under the conditions they fight under just because it isn't a real war. People do die in war light or real don't they? I'm sorry I believe that an individual's life is worth more than that. Losing my passion? The truth is that people like you will try to demonize anything or anyone that does not agree with you. Only because you can't just shoot them legally or wipe them out because you are among the chosen people, like you did in the past. Instead of trying to find common ground, and work together, you choose to divide and feed the status quo.