General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Just asking ... this summer was supposed to be a big summer for OWS. Is that totally gone now? n/t [View all]Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)-The message got ignored because the six or so corporate entities who own and run the majority of US media do not want the message of change, financially inconvenient to them, to spread.
-It is up to the 99%, the people, to continue spreading the message. It will not be done for you.
-A leader would have immediately been jailed and tortured; would still be in Gitmo under section 1021 of the NDAA.
-The people are their own leader(ship).
-The broken financial system is fighting against OWS so don't expect to hear about it on channels they own.
-There is plenty of pressure upon Democrats. Who have responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, flash-bangs, beatings, bloodying, nuisance arrests, profiling, intimidation, terrorism (by the FBI's definition). Quan, Villaraigosa, denver's mayor, seattle's, etc. etc. etc. 18 of them conference called to see what to do and they did it, in a co-ordinated national crackdown overseen by DHS. Democratic mayors are some of the worst, most violent offenders upon Occupy. We remember them and will not stop fighting against their blatant corruption.
-OWS are not owned by a fascist corporate power such as the Koch brothers so don't expect them to run for office as the tea party so disastrously has.
-Occupy know the system to be corrupt perhaps beyond reformation, and that Change occurs through both pressuring the existing system and creating new models obsoleting it.
-Seriously. With Citizens United, the system is utterly corrupt. Pressure from outside is required. Voting will not eliminate Citizens United. You are expecting change to be brought through a system no longer interested in listening to those participating in it.
-Direct action gets the goods.
-We are not gone, in spite of the beliefs of any who only listen to the corporate-owned mainstream media.
-It IS entirely up to the people. If Occupy lack people power, it is because people do not want to participate and create change and as such, will accomplish exactly that.
We are the 99%. We are the power in the world. We don't need the corrupt rich and destructive systems. We are fighting for the very survival of the planet as the ecosystem is further bloodied. It is up to US, to YOU, to participate in the Change you wish to see. No one is going to do it for you.