Forum Post: Saturday. 5pm. OWS takes Times Square.
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 12, 2011, 11:06 p.m. EST by equazcion
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from New York, NY
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10/15/2011 @ 5:00pm, OWS will converge on Times Square.
1,817 people already attending: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159911157436152
Watch the promo: http://vimeo.com/30448960
Spread the word.
An occupation is fine, but it is limited in size and duration by the number of porta-potties and the weather. A huge massive display of a disturbed and unhappy population marching on the crossroads of the world will shake that world and get the attention it deserves. Fox News might even cover it . . . 99% - SHOW YOUR FACE!
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ok i will
Thanks :)
We need 100,000. Call your friends.
797! getting there :)
1,817
Why do people post on Facebook that they're going to a protest? I'll never understand that.
To encourage others to join. Protests tend to work better when more people attend.
Sorry, Facebook makes me paranoid.
Good luck though, you might see me in Times Square but of course you won't know who I am cuz this ain't FB!
Peace
Stand up for what you believe in, and be prepared to endure. Otherwise, nothing gets done.
Showing your face at the protest seems at least as revealing. Lots of people taking videos there.
But they would have to do some very deep research to attach my name to my face, especially since I do not use Facebook.
Whoever might be against the movement enough to try to actively damage it won't care about its individuals, only central figures and institutions.
You're probably right & actually, this movement so far is not really 'extremist" in tactics, although I'm sure different levels of LE are keeping an eye on it.
I just don't like the excessive data collection & privacy invasion of Facebook. I know a huge number of people use it, & it gives you a lot of visibility if you are advertising a product or a cause, but I just don't like it.
When you go, please spread the word. If enough people realize what's really going on with the electoral system, we could change everything.
The political game is rigged. Two parties control the entire political system, but besides rhetoric, are they really all that different? Impossibly high barriers prevent third parties from every gaining ground in the election process. Namely, the fact that we have what is called a WINNER-TAKES-ALL SYSTEM. It basically means that whichever party/candidate gets a majority of the electoral votes in a state gets all of those votes. For example, California gets 55 electoral votes. If one party gets just 28 votes (which is barely a majority), all 55 votes count to that party/candidate in the general election. This effectively means that ANY VOTE FOR A THIRD PARTY IS ALWAYS A WASTED VOTE. What we need is proportional representation (used in Europe). This would allow for a multitude of parties to flourish, effectively breaking the status quo of our stagnant political system and allowing for real, significant change. Additionally, a dynamic political system such as this would by its very nature SEVERELY LIMIT THE POWER CORPORATIONS HAVE OVER OUR POLITICAL PARTIES. As more factors define our election process, it gets exponentially more difficult for corporations to influence our government. Now naturally, nothing has ever been done by Congress to really institute this kind of reform, as it is obviously against the interests of the two parties to have their positions of power so radically altered. But I ask you this: How many times during an election do you vote for the LESSER OF TWO EVILS? How many times have you wanted to vote for an independent candidate, only to recoil at the prospect of a WASTED VOTE? The only way to win the game, is to change the rules! Bring about change by DEMANDING that congress institute political party reform... They say we don't have a defined goal. We do... To break the STATUS QUO. This single demand, by itself, could change everything.
This provides some good information on the third party and the barriers it faces: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_party_(United_States)
Right on.
Blast this when you go there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVOLTrhXhac