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Forum Post: Unity in Diversity: Let's Dream Big

Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 15, 2011, 8:52 a.m. EST by Valentino (4)
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Do not try to agree with each other on anything except one common goal: all power should belong to the people organized by production. In other words, all power in the land should be in the hands of producers of material and spiritual values necessary for reproduction of American society. Whatever differences you have are legitimate differences between producers/workers and exist because of division of labor and similar objective reasons. Once power is in your hands you will negotiate these differences between themselves. The miners of Pennsylvania and the teachers of Oregon, NYC artists and fishermen of Main, workers of the Silicon Valley and the oilmen of Texas, and so forth.

Presently, your movement can have only one rational goal -- the conquest of political power by the people.

Your conquest of state power is achievable by peaceful and constitutional means if your creative energies and will are directed towards this goal.

No more skirmishes with the national security state! This is a road nowhere.

Turn your Assemblies to centers of political organization and action with the only goal of taking power. First, by running your activists for all seats of power, from local to Capitol Hill and the White House. Then, by changing US Constitution and establishing the power of the councils of production. This is the only way to become masters of your life and the future of your children. Form committees of solidarity between employed and unemployed. The unemployed is a powerful force when organized. Work on the first approaches to alliances between productive collectives, sectors, and industries.

Dream big! You are too dis-empowered to demand small things. Do not demand. Organize and take.

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[-] 1 points by Valentino (4) 13 years ago
  1. Power in the hands of producers is not anarchy but a new form of the state that makes each and everyone to cooperate and directly and consciously participate in the development of society. It's not about communism or capitalism. It's about working class people taking control over their lives and the their society as a whole rather than leaving this control in the hands of corporations and elites.

  2. American elites are diverse and fight each other. Yet they also solidly united against the working majority of our nation when it concerns their collective hold on power. Why can't the working class people, wage slaves, be diverse yet united when it comes to their collctive power over the land?

[-] 0 points by Theundecidedpercent (24) 13 years ago

Nothing binds aloof people like greed! Greed is the glue that holds the government politicians, banks and corporations together. Diversity doesn't really come into it!

[-] 1 points by JesseHeffran (3903) 13 years ago

diversity dwindles once faced with a consensus

[-] 0 points by Thrasymaque (-2138) 13 years ago

Especially with an all anarchic-communist propaganda machine.

[-] 0 points by Theundecidedpercent (24) 13 years ago

There is no strength in diversity, diversity in its very core, is all about disagreement. There is just far more for people to disagree on. Diversity is a means of diluting the power you would have if you had true unity of one ethnicity, religion and economy. If people share a heritage they are much more willing to get together to help protect it. Diversity just brings with it more problems, problems that crowd out all the REAL problems by playing on the differences between people. With OWS being into diversity means the powers that be can play the different diversity elements off against each other within OWS until kingdom come.

Drop diversity! Unity is unity, it means oneness, not inclusiveness!

[-] 0 points by Thrasymaque (-2138) 13 years ago

Occupy does not represent diversity. It's marketing campaign is solely based on an anarchic-communist look and feel.

http://occupywallst.org/forum/deconstructing-occupy-a-message-within-a-message/