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Dismantle the Hero: Part Ii

if you want to be a hero if you want to do your country good then do not join the military do not become a politician & do not become a business man for these intertwined dirty/bloody entities function to rid us of our rights rid us of our health & rid us of any chance at survival not to mention any chance at happiness, if there even exists such a thing. the heroes are the public teachers who are all getting laid off, whose funding is constantly being cut & who are being replace by private schools the heroes are the firemen who keep us from being burned alive the heroes are the doctors & nurses who keep us healthy (and who could do so by a system of universal healthcare like france, england, canada or austraila) the heroes are the social workers who help to get us off the streets & back on our feet again the heroes are the job counselors who understand how impossible it is & yet they still fight for us the heroes do not look to be heroes because someone else told them that they could be in some 3 minute television ad.

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