Forum Post: For those who think Occupy is a wishy washy abstract group without objectives or purpose ???
Posted 10 years ago on Oct. 15, 2013, 11:59 p.m. EST by BearDickinson
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Occupy Strategy Group’s Top 10 Recommended Strategic Objectives
The Occupy Strategy Group consists of an email list of over 100 people, 6-8 of whom met in open conference calls for the past year to review input from surveys, research, emails, articles, and the Draft 2012 Occupy National Gathering Vision documents.
Over 100 proposed items were culled, then reframed into a smaller list, and also released via an unofficial survey that generated 88 responses. Intense deliberations and a strong desire to be as inclusive as possible, resulted in these recommendations – based on urgency, doability, and degree of impact:
The group aligns on the following list of objectives. We envision the objectives as the first steps on the path to a more peaceful, loving, and sustainable planet. It begins with a livable ecosystem. Climate change is our timeline.
Thank you for considering our work: please join our ongoing conversation about current and future studies of strategic objectives: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/occupy-strategy August 2013
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I appreciate the goals list, but I'm afraid you left out the biggest problem: campaign finance reform.
Well, let me start at the beginning. We're going to change things one of two ways: (1) by voting and moving toward a social democracy (like Denmark) that then enjoys upward mobility, less class stratification, basic living necessities, etc. or (2) we burn it down and build something new.
Option 2 sounds appealing--we, the oppressed working class, have a right to be angry, but it's both a morally corrupt position and illogical one to believe that from the ashes of destruction a better world would rise.
If we really want American and the world to morph into an anarchist state of free will and cooperative, cohesive living, then we need an educated, informed public. We need to move toward social democracy. We certainly don't need to focus on "ending capitalism" -- the world can't even agree what capitalism means. Democracy is all that matters, really.
So, what if we created a democracy grading system that we use to hold politicians accountable. Basically, I'm taking about taking NRA's game plan (they give politicians A-F grades on gun policy) and use it for democracy grading (actions, not words).
Anyway, I wrote up Democracy Grading System idea on Medium:
https://medium.com/p/fde9380ffbe3
Workable, peaceful strategy?
Issue #1
see OWS web site
http://corporationsarenotpeople.webuda.com
This list of 10 aims is very noble and I wish it were possible. I'd love to live in that kind of world. I fear only a revolution could achieve these as the people in power can not be stopped .... no matter how loud we shout. However it is increasingly obvious that the IPCC is politically motivated. It is also increasingly obvious that drastic climate change is just what happens on planet Earth, and has done for millions of years. This scare-mongering regarding global warming is political lies created to make the rich even richer through higher taxes and investment opportunities.
Don't you ever tire of being a big douche bag?
Obvious to who??
Alex Jones??
It would appear that it's you who is politically motivated.
But by what body politic?
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