A few days ago I took a call from a woman who needed help with repairs in her studio apartment. There was mould and a roof leak that got so bad that she woke up one night with water dripping on her face. She was now staying at a friend's place. Needless to say, she had complained many times to the real estate agent but nothing had been done and relations had deteriorated to the point where she felt too intimidated to speak up. So I got the low-down and offered to talk to the agent on her behalf.
I call Jacquie and politely express my concern about the tenant's situation. I have all her escapes covered and am ready to pounce with relevant legislation and counter-arguments. That's when she tells me that the owner of the unit is a farmer. He's in deep shit because of the droughts and interest rates. He can't afford his mortgage repayments and is gonna default very soon. Obviously he has no money for any repairs. So here we are, all on the same side, getting fucked by the system and only occasionally realising this fact.
This reminded me of a recent youtube of a concert/protest by Rage Against The Machine where Tom said to the cops that they actually had more in common with all the people there than with the greedy, mad politicians inside. He called on them to realise that we have been turned against each other when we're actually suffering together.
We're like pawns and until we promote to the 8th rank we will continue to be sacrificed by those that are playing the Game.
