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Forum Post: Chomsky on Occupy Wall Street

Posted 11 years ago on May 21, 2012, 9:53 a.m. EST by zoom6000 (430) from St Petersburg, FL
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[-] 2 points by TrevorMnemonic (5827) 11 years ago

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"Noam Chomsky says the Occupy movement has helped rebuild class solidarity and communities of mutual support on a level unseen since the time of the Great Depression. "The Occupy movement spontaneously created something that doesn’t really exist in the country: communities of mutual support, cooperation, open spaces for discussion ... just people doing things and helping each other," Chomsky says. "That’s very much missing. There is a massive propaganda—it’s been going on for a century, but picking up enormously—that you really shouldn’t care about anyone else, you should just care about yourself. ... To rebuild [class solidarity], even if it’s in small pieces of the society, can become very important, can change the conception of how a society ought to function." Chomsky also gives his assessment of President Obama, whom he says has attacked civil liberties in a way that has "gone beyond [George W.] Bush.""

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[-] 1 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 11 years ago

It got posted at about the same time as the last major attack on the Forum. Probably got missed in all the chaos.

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[-] 2 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 11 years ago

Yeah - remember - that was when I complained like a little baby to the forum and got the collapse comment feature turned off?

But - wait a sec. - no - you were not here for that one. Hmmm . . so easy to lose track of time.

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[-] 1 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 11 years ago

Yeah - we have had quite the roller coaster ride on the forum - good to have you back.

Anyway - I have to take off for awhile - My Nephews last day in town.

Keep an eye on things. {:-])

Oh what was kinda funny about that attack? jart pranked me with Jenny's number for a karma score.

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[-] 1 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 11 years ago

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[-] 1 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 11 years ago

Yeah it was pretty funny to log on one day and see that.

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[-] 1 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 11 years ago

White space? I don't follow. Whatcha mean?

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[-] 1 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 11 years ago

It is a regular space on mine though your gotcha comment(?) has about 5 inches of space between the top where your name is and the bottom where gotcha is just above the buttons line. I notice that this site will do some odd spacings - some times will post a comment twice - little odd things.