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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone believe that the CHOP protest achieved something? [View all]Nature Man
(869 posts)28. NOT FAIR
high dollar "consultant" fees, campaign salaries, lobbying, lawn signs, and tv commercials don't just appear out of thin air!
They certainly don't pay for themselves.
And EVERY politician knows how to return a favor. I don't give a fuck who they are. That's the "system" we're supposed to "work" within, and hopefully effect "change." Except it is pay-to-play if you want anything immediate to happen. Incrementalism goes out the window if you can spread some cash around.
Yet, the rich stay rich, the comfortable retain their comfort, and the well-connected will never worry as much as the hoi polloi does (the voiceless).
Speak with your dollars people! It's the American Way.
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Yes. Change occurred in the sixties because people worked within the system NOT
Wawannabe
Jul 2020
#14
Couldn't all those ideas & music & sit-ins & at be done without taking over part of a city?
jmg257
Jul 2020
#23
A few well meaning people had a chance to try out what they thought a collective should be in 2020
haele
Jul 2020
#10
I was impressed. Can you say all your big dollar donations achieved something?
aikoaiko
Jul 2020
#11
no. it was a side show. well, it did show need for some law enforcement
SiliconValley_Dem
Jul 2020
#26
Yes, as an observer from afar: It's a hunger for community people can identify with.
KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2020
#34
Maybe? CHOP helped achieve this - "Corporate America Gives Blessing to Police Reform"
Wawannabe
Jul 2020
#43
About the same as the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jul 2020
#60