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Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)
11. The movement does need to get smarter, or at least better connected.
Tue May 20, 2014, 05:12 PM
May 2014

I think we need to move beyond memes, and for lack of a better word, into propaganda. Low level agreement by the people, and lip service by the establishment is all that Occupy has to show for, up to this point when it comes to rallying the people.

If we are going to work within the system, then we'll need tons of money (multimillionaire benefactor, unprecedented crowd funding from people who can't afford it, a massively successful cooperative businesses that doesn't get shut down etc). And/or we need to ensure that there is no way to ever selectively shut down or black out the internet.

The tea party has been incredibly successful because it is a well funded front group for the system. Their propaganda, which is flimsy, simplistic messaging has convinced millions that Obama is a Kenyan Muslim Socialist. How do we teach millions using actual science, economics, and history that they are living in a dream world? I wish had the answer to that.

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