Forum Post: OWS, Revolution or Political Party
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 22, 2011, 8:57 p.m. EST by kogonon
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from San Antonio, TX
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The argument is really an argument for extremism vrs. moderates. If OWS is in fact a revolution, then the need for concrete demands are null, as the need for such would only be necessary if the movement were to use existing channels, i.e. the current political system. A revolution does not need specific demands, because it exists outside the existing framework. It is an entirely new conversation about the social constructions. If OWS is simply a political party, then the needs for concrete demands are extremely necessary, in order to define the rough ideological boundaries of OWS.
The political party that crosses all borders will revolutionize the world.
OWS: new cult religion, or political movement?
Agreed, so perhaps you would consider our group's proposal of an alternative (or shadow) online direct democracy of government and business at http://getsatisfaction.com/americanselect/topics/on_strategically_weighted_policies_organizational_operating_structures_tactical_investment_procedures-448eo , for this is a small-business-bottom-up approach, not today's big-business-top-down approach, and if agreed, join our group's 20 members committed to that plan at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/StrategicInternationalSystems/
Sorry, not intelligent enough for a revolution, but certainly smart enough for a Political Party.
We need to vote out incumbents either way. America is in such trouble because we were watching american idol and dancing with the stars, while the pirates looted.
"America is in such trouble because we were watching american idol and dancing with the stars, while the pirates looted."
That is brilliantly put!
Most of American TV constitutes, in my view, A MASS EXPERIMENT IN COLLECTIVE CRETINIZATION probably unparalleled in human history.
"Turn off the TV! " once exclaimed the Dalai Lama... Taking him at his word, I got rid of cable two years ago and never looked back. In fact, to tell you the truth, I got my life back! Plus I now find the news - the REAL news - on the Internet.