Forum Post: The main goal
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 19, 2011, 9:12 p.m. EST by MrMiller
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from Sandy, UT
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Our main problem is that we have to get more control over our economy and resources. If we tackled so-called free trade and such, then we would be able to throw all sorts of money at our problems. That should be the overarching goal of the whole movement - the elimination of free trade.
Let me suggest another approach. If we really want reform we first need to reform the way we elect our officials. For decades now the corporations and special interests have had our "representatives" bought and paid for (both on the right and the left). Don't get distracted by the symptoms - we need to address the root cause. Concentrating our efforts on getting the money out of our politics is the best way we can create an environment in which further reforms can be realized. Until we end the current system of legalized bribery (campaign donations) and paid lobbying our politicians will continue to be the LAP DOGS of the corporations and special interests. What we need first and foremost is real, loop-hole free CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM!!!! If the corruption is not dealt with first, the chance of any other meaningful reforms becoming a reality is almost zero - the special interests will just use their money to buy votes and put forward bills that create loop-holes or otherwise twist the law in their favor. If we want our children to live in a country where there vote matters, we need to get the money out of our politics, otherwise they will increasingly become the 21st century version of the "landless peasant." Spread the word - End the LEGALIZED BRIBERY!!! CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM needs to be THE main goal of the protests!!!
Elect Ron Lawl in the mean time. He will do his best to get rid of NAFTA.
Think What We Need Most Right Now Is To GRIEVE. We Need Our Humanity And Grieving Not Only For Our Stolen Freedom, But For Our Stolen Dignity, Is What Will Allow Space To Open For Our True Genius To Dream Of New Possibilities We Need To Realize We Are Slaves. They Have Poisoned Our Food, Water, Air, Minds, And Stolen Our True Wealth Which Is Our Unity. We Fight Among Ourselves While They Strategize About How To Reduce Population. Grief is the only way to find Unity Again. Grieve WIth Me My Friends, No matter if your Black White Red Brown RICH or POOR. The Masters of this planet see you as an object. A consumer. This Does Not Mean We Surrender. It Means We Grieve For Those that have been lost, and grieve for our own losses. We Grieve for our pain is deep and transcends socioeconomic boundaries. This is the pain of humanity come home to roost. Think of how much they have stolen from us. Think of what we once were. We cannot even remember the ways of our great grandmothers and great grandfathers, regardless of which continent they came from.
A pussy is someone who is afraid to feel, afraid to grieve.
It takes great strength to grieve for what has been lost.
To grieve does NOT signify defeat.
A warrior grieves to remember who he is.
Pussies are Stoic.
I disagree. The goal is not to have a goal. Once you have a goal the man nails you down and plots and strategizes against you. If you don't have a goal you can keep him guessing and keep him of guard. That way they can't pin you to any one thing and then we have victory.
What??? Who is this man? And without a goal, the whole thing just becomes a temper tantrum, with people just venting emotion. Makes us look bad.
That's the old way of thinking. You have to think new.