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Originally posted by FreedomXisntXFree
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
This is the part of the song that strikes the biggest chord with me.
Literally a week ago, I was telling everyone I know that we were could POSSIBLY be moving towards a One World Fascist Government, The Federal Reserve is evil, Obama is Hitler, FEMA camps yada yada yada. The whole works. My biggest reason for my urgency and worry was that people weren't paying attention. Well this Occupy Movement shows that people ARE paying attention more and more by the day. Its just the government screwed us over so bad everyone woke up.
One thing I do believe is that our government/corporations are greedy and corrupt. There's no denying that. The US of A that we live in ALREADY socialist. So the "socialist takeover" has occurred over time. Through sneaking in laws and mandates they have created the Socialist nation that we already are. When we have a million different Social Program government departments then its already socialism. So the crazy Hitler-esqe take over already happened over years worth of laws and mandates.
BUT, We are still the US of A and we have the ability to PEACEABLY ASSEMBLE and CREATE a PROCESS as to which these problems CAN BE ADDRESSED. I know some police are beating people but sometimes....sadly....they deserved it. So long as they are civilly disobeying they are going to be arrested. But thats why civil disobedience works.
People show up and civilly break the law because they are there for something they believe in. SO......IF.......the police got the orders to start raining bullets into the Occupy WallStreet crowd. We would have full blown Fascism and eradication of the population. More so if the police actually take the order and carry it out. But from what I can see the police are giving us more and more leeway so long as we don't break the law.
But of course we are going to keep breaking the law.......civilly. We continue this civil disobedience if the people who deserve to be in jail don't ever go.
Thats the best thing about America. Even though our government appears to be Fascist/Socialist they one thing that keeps them from FULL TAKEOVER is our Bill of Rights.
I'd say start worrying when freedom of speech doesn't exist anymore. It still exists. If it didn't, Occupy WallStreet wouldn't exist. Occupy the Nation wouldn't exist. The Civil Rights movement of the 60's wouldn't exist. Start worrying when you tell a cop "Obama is Hitler" and they arrest you for just saying it.
There is a difference when you're chanting "Obama is Hitler" in the middle of the street blocking cars. They're arresting you for standing in the street. Not what you're saying. But what you are saying.....and standing up for.......makes civil disobedience so effective.