"The working class in Newport and nearby Middletown struggle to get by in the shadows of the ruling elite’s mansions and yachts ".
I live in Cranston, Rhode Island and visit scenic Newport several times a year, mostly in summer.
Driving past those famous, magnificent Bellevue Ave. mansions is a most instructive lesson in America as a CLASS society. The movie " The Great Gatsby " was filmed at Rosecliff . Yes, " the rich are different from us " .
Visiting " The Breakers " I was reminded of a scene in the movie " Doctor Zhivago with the Russian Revolution as background. An indignant Bolshevik reproaches the former owners of a mansion : " There was room in this house for thirteen families ".
"There was living space for thirteen families! In this one house!" ... La Película Doctor Zhivago: Las ...
I am not sure that gas pipeline disaster in Newport and Aquidnik Island is all over. But how can you order ordinary working class people to abandon their homes without a PLAN ? How poorly is this capitalist economy prepared for mass emergencies . What to expect after an atomic bomb attack ?
What about the sick and the elderly ? So few have platinum credit cards ready for unpleasant unexpected events.
It could easily have been a little Katrina. The Rhode Island state government - led by Queen Gina Raimondo - is hopelessly subservient to BIG ENERGY .
This is what to expect here from the Democratic Party " friends of labor " . And our useless " friends " in organized labor.
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