Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

sabrina 1

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7. I can't disagree with anything you said there.

Fri Jan 2, 2015, 04:22 PM

Jan 2015

Police are called heroes for abusing and/or killing thousands of innocent people or those accused of petty crime. Every soldier is now called a hero for nothing more than putting on a uniform. The government pumps up our police state with massive budgets hoping to buy their favor and it is working like a charm. So far.

Yes and no matter what they do, no matter how criminal, they are protected, the police I mean. But that seems to be cracking a bit lately.

OWS put a few cracks in the 'what's good for Wall St is good for America' propaganda.

Both movements have received militarized, brutal crackdowns.

It didn't make sense, but clearly the people finally saying 'enough' and demonstrating they are seeing the reality rather than the propagandized version of the MSM as to how things are, with their own eyes, is terrifying to those trying to keep everything under control.

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"What Makes Non-Violent Movements Explode?" [View all] sabrina 1 Jan 2015 OP

This is great! I think it will generate lots of constructive discussion leading to action. RiverLover Jan 2015 #1

ans: arrogance of the rich - they believe they can militarize their own safety whereisjustice Jan 2015 #2

I can't disagree with anything you said there. sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #7

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #3

TPTB fears public participation, which is what OWS represents Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #5

k and r niyad Jan 2015 #4

Disruption and sacrifice were necessary to get media attention Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #6

I think the word they were looking for is "IMPLODE." Warpy Jan 2015 #8

Strikes and boycotts. What OWS did was extremely successful, for a start, which is what sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #9

They were successful because they woke people up Warpy Jan 2015 #10

I agree. They had a great ad company working on the message. We could take a lesson sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #11

Rolling Jubilee is another branch, buying uncollectable debt Warpy Jan 2015 #12

The original TP was coopted by the Koch Brothers. The original founder has distanced himself sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #13