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Originally posted by SurrealisticPillow
Anyone who casually discounts the OWS movement is seriously out of touch. Revolutions don't happen overnight. The actions of a tyrannical government actually plant the seeds of revolution. The more tyrannical, the more seeds are planted.
It takes time for these seeds to germinate. History teaches us that, if we study history.
Americans are not exempt from violence in the streets. It was protest that got us out of Vietnam. The difference today, is we have NO media other than the internet on our side. And isn't it funny that cynical internet "warriors" will discount REAL action, and remain on the sidelines unimpressed.
There will be setbacks, propaganda, and more criminal behavior by our government. Your choice is to fight for what is right, or continue to stay on the sidelines and let others fight your battles. It is far easier I suppose to say it is not YOUR battle. That is your ticket to economic slavery you are cashing in.
Originally posted by CREAM
Originally posted by sonnny1
Screw YOUR FEAR CONSPIRACY NONSENSE, thats all it is FEAR. And guess what? We are just people, and we want different people running our country. Thats all!
[inappropriate video removed]edit on Tue Nov 15 2011 by DontTreadOnMe because: (no reason given)
I've met Ron Paul supporters and Obama supporters at occupy kc. Your argument is false.
OWS is NOT Apolitical...........
Originally posted by TupacShakur
reply to post by ghost33
You realize that a lack of regulations allowed the business practices that caused the financial collapse to occur, right?
Originally posted by TupacShakur
reply to post by sonnny1
I've met Ron Paul supporters and Obama supporters at occupy kc. Your argument is false.
OWS is NOT Apolitical...........edit on 15-11-2011 by TupacShakur because: (no reason given)
From his Vancouver office, Kalle Lasn, who many consider to be the de-facto founder of the Occupy Wall Street movement, recounted the true origin of the group and what he believes it should and will become.
But Lasn does realize that the group will have to shake its scatterbrain image. “Down the road this movement will have to get some real concrete goals,” Lasn said. “But the real goal is when next spring we form a new political party. I don’t know, maybe it will be called the True Cost Party of America.” Currently, the staff of 10 at the Adbusters office is working on these future goals, including the activist dream of a third American political party.
Like other protesters from various Occupy Wall Street organizing groups, Bray did not rule out political possibilities for the future. Protesters from the Occupy Cincinnati group have announced a platform for a new political party - the Occupation Party. The protests are far from apolitical. It's difficult to walk even a few feet in Zuccotti Park, the New York protest's base in Manhattan's financial district, without hearing political issues being debated and finding groups weighing in on a wide range of subjects such as health care, education, national debt and defense spending.
Though most activists at Occupy Wall Street claim to be dissatisfied with the state of American government and politics, their views come in many flavors. Some are leftists of the 1960s generation, and others are curious newcomers to political activism. Still others are Ron Paul supporters, anarchists or soured Obama campaign volunteers.