Forum Post: We need to occupy the elections!
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 17, 2011, 11:26 a.m. EST by CMCFM
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99% of the problems go back to the idiots we elect. They not only allow this to happen but the participate in it. It takes a certain percentage to win an election so we need to turn our efforts towards the election and take it over by writing in candidates. I would rather vote for Donald Duck than the clowns on the ballot. We need to study the laws of the election and figure out a way to create chaos in the lives of the people who have created our chaos.
Look at voting statistics, a good percentage of Americans only vote in the presidential elections. If you want competent law makers, vote on all levels of government and even in caucuses/primaries.
The Koch brothers are funding elections all the way down to school boards. We need to be paying attention to the lowest level local elections, because the top levels start at the bottom of the political ladder.
I agree with this. It has to start at the bottom.
I would like to add that there is a need to ask better questions of the candidates. The media frames the questions and the debate and picks.
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You guys don't get it, do you? Creating chaos in someone's life is not going to change their minds, it's going to alienate them. Thousands of years of world history should prove this. As it is, OWS merely creates chaos in the lives of tens of thousands of people who just want to get to their job and back home, or maybe enjoy a picnic in the park with their family.
the problem is not the elected, the problem is you. You people are lazy and just want money and money now. you are too lazy to get off your ass and work for it. I am a university student and I am working 3 other part-time jobs to pay for my school. Money for school is not just handed to me.