In my opinion, people shouldn't have to be "thankful," for food, shelter, clean water, heat, clothing and their jobs.  I think those things should be there for EVERYONE and simply be part of a healthy, just, and rich society.

We, the sheep, or the herd, as the very rich and powerful call us, are fed those "gratitude" lines/lies, so that we shut up and don't start messing with their lives.  To me, what they are saying is, be grateful for whatever you have, because we are making money off of you and we have what we want because WE, the rich and powerful, have control over what you have and get.

If we weren't so busy being grateful, maybe we would all wake up and be more demanding.  Like TAX the filthy rich churches, the CEO's, the CORPORATIONS, etc., rather than the people.  Maybe, we could decide our own raises, like the government workers do.  And on and on.

Instead of being grateful, WAKE UP and see that what you have is controlled by OTHERS, who don't want you to have what you want, or need, even the very basics, if you are the wrong gender or color.

We should be grateful for our rage at the inequities of life.  Food Deserts, no hospitals in certain areas, no health care, or fresh food, or heat in the winter, or safety.

People have it backward.  Instead of being grateful, we should be fighting back, so that people have control over their own lives and have what they need to survive without begging, or having some ugly white guy in a ten thousand dollar suit, decide whether some people should sleep on the floor or in a bed.

Grateful my ass.  That's just one more lie, to get people to accept WHAT THEY ARE GIVEN OR ALLOWED TO HAVE.

No wonder they call us the herd.  We are so brainwashed, we don't even see that we are being played in every way possible.  Don't be grateful, be angry and demanding.

I love that they are blaming people,  saying that "NO ONE WANTS TO WORK ANYMORE,"  when people simply don't want to return to jobs that don't pay enough to feed their families, jobs where they are used and abused for $12 an hour.  Yeah, like everything else, turn the truth into one more lie, instead of making changes that are right and just, blame the people who are being dumped on once again.

I think changes need to be made NOW.  I think changes should have been made when the stupid Mayflower landed.  We just keep digging ourselves into deeper holes until one day, the very wealthy and powerful (only because of their wealth), are on the top and EVERYONE ELSE is their slave.  That's what they want.  The question is:  are people, as a group, willing to GIVE THAT TO THEM?