Friday, 15 June 2012 10:25
‘Security will cost over $2 billion. Total costs will top $30 billion. Brits, of course, will pay the tab. They get the bill, not the profits. This in a city with nearly one-fourth of the population impoverished. In some areas, child poverty approaches 50%. Conditions are getting worse, not better.
Homelessness is increasing. Kids are starving on streets. They’ll be swept out of sight before the games begin. Elitism, luxury, and over-indulgence will be featured.
Protests will be dealt with harshly. Suppressing them is prioritized. Encampment-type ones close to venues are banned. Forcible removals are planned. Power brokers and profiteers demand it. So do media scoundrels wanting viewers to see illusions, not reality.’
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