Forum Post: The System
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 19, 2011, 4:05 a.m. EST by pw1539
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Everything is controlled by the bankers, or this political elite in our system that have the ability to do anything in our current market by essentially buying out corporations and news outlets to further better themselves in the world. Think of the top 50-100 corporations in America as a union, something awful for us 99%ers to have. From this, the elites can dictate what the media amplifies and what it does not cover. If this common ground of acknowledgement can be made, what does it mean they can do? the answer is this, anything. The abilities of our current government is endless because they can control the media, foreign relations, and even are government officials. America is not what it used to be, and this shift has been happening for the past century. The most interesting part is that is has been known! Abe Lincoln, in 1965, made a statement referring to the fear he had in the imminent future of a small group of elitists destroying the American Republic. Albert Einstein constantly made remarks of straying away from the flock, or masses, and consistently seemed to make remarks of understanding and hating a system that no one yet knew of. And of course, Thomas Jefferson has always been famous for his quote "a little rebellion now and then is a good thing". This protest cannot die, because the consequences are to great. The country needs trust busting, and a decapitation of the political elitist head that has been steering us for to long. To do it, we need to come together from our differences, political parties aside. The question is not should we cut this law or that, but is how do we take down these elites. Furthermore, if we can topple the bankers and trust bust, we must implement and deeply concentrate and think on new ideas to make this harder to happen in the future. But if one thing is for sure, the 99% must ban together, forget there differences for the time being, and rise up.
Sorry, wasn't trying to say violence was the answer by any means, i am actually a Mennonite (ha). The main concept I am trying to get by is that elites have infiltrated the political process, media, and corporations and essentially can dictate the direction the country heads. The only plausible way America can be what it used to be before this elitist domination is if we protest and overthrow the various aspects of life that these elites control.
I can agree with that in concept. In practice it is a bit more difficult, there just isn't the competition against these powerful organizations so there is only an illusion of choice. We need a new Teddy Roosevelt to bust the trusts and give people the chance to compete.
Exactly. Competition is not existent anymore in the United States. I thoroughly believe that we cant wait around for one politician that may have the answers. The banks have to be taken down by protest, and essentially, creating a new American Republic based off of the Constitution. From there, we can then tackle the issues regarding how government works. But for now, its essential that we get the bankers,politicians, and corporations destroying America out.
That is where I disagree to a point. You're proposing we throw out the whole system and start all over again. The system we have/had is the best and most fair possible when everybody plays by the rules.
Think of it as a poker game. If everybody plays by the rules it is fair to everybody involved. What we've allowed to happen is the house (Wall Street) started taking more from every hand dealt without contributing anything. One player outright cheats (big business) but tips the dealer (government) well to ignore it.
Instead of scrapping an otherwise fair system, lets fix the current problems and put in legislature to prevent it from happening again
but how can we do this through the political system? what is going to stop the politicians from not accepting the campaign bonus's or the job offers after congress? Isnt it fair to say that Republicans and Democrats have become two catch all parties that can implement whoever they want, and that everyone they elect is corrupt. The only way to get rid of that is to eliminate the two party system.
I would love to have a multiple party system, but that also comes with its own challenges. With the vote split between so many parties it becomes even easier for those moneyed interests to buy a winner. Once we get more than 60% of the electorate out voting at every election we will have a better chance of having a fair multiple party system.
More than one country: http://occupywallst.org/forum/world-wide-organization/
I agree with a lot of what you're saying. However violence is never the answer when there is a democratic solution.
Your title and vague references to they and them makes these come across as more of a paranoid rant.
Also, please use paragraphs and proper punctuation to separate your thoughts and make this more readable.
I'm not trying to discount your opinion, however please expend a bit more effort.