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In reply to the discussion: Global Oligarchy, it's ON! [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,161 posts)3. Protestors around teh world are wearing the V mask
which says something postive to me...we are all on the same message, globally.
A FAMILIAR face appeared in many of the protests taking place in scores of cities on three continents this week: a Guy Fawkes mask with a roguish smile and a pencil-thin moustache. The mask belongs to V, a character in a graphic novel from the 1980s who became the symbol for a group of computer hackers called Anonymous. His contempt for government resonates with people all over the world.
The protests have many different origins. In Brazil people rose up against bus fares, in Turkey against a building project. Indonesians have rejected higher fuel prices, Bulgarians the governments cronyism. In the euro zone they march against austerity, and the Arab spring has become a perma-protest against pretty much everything. Each angry demonstration is angry in its own way.
Yet just as in 1848, 1968 and 1989, when people also found a collective voice, the demonstrators have much in common. Over the past few weeks, in one country after another, protesters have risen up with bewildering speed. They have been more active in democracies than dictatorships. They tend to be ordinary, middle-class people, not lobbies with lists of demands. Their mix of revelry and rage condemns the corruption, inefficiency and arrogance of the folk in charge.
The protests have many different origins. In Brazil people rose up against bus fares, in Turkey against a building project. Indonesians have rejected higher fuel prices, Bulgarians the governments cronyism. In the euro zone they march against austerity, and the Arab spring has become a perma-protest against pretty much everything. Each angry demonstration is angry in its own way.
Yet just as in 1848, 1968 and 1989, when people also found a collective voice, the demonstrators have much in common. Over the past few weeks, in one country after another, protesters have risen up with bewildering speed. They have been more active in democracies than dictatorships. They tend to be ordinary, middle-class people, not lobbies with lists of demands. Their mix of revelry and rage condemns the corruption, inefficiency and arrogance of the folk in charge.
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21580143-wave-anger-sweeping-cities-world-politicians-beware-march-protest
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"Why don't you smelly proles just sit down and STFU." - Ollie Garchs (1% + Minions)
Berlum
Jun 2013
#2
I hope the masses are successful in re-defining how they are to govern themselves,
loudsue
Jun 2013
#13
The Oligarchs Own And Control The Politicians - That Control The Levers Of Power - That Rule Us
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#4
The idea that there is some maniac trying to take over the world has been a part of society,
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Jun 2013
#30
I predict* that corporate cabals will wage war with each other using us peons as
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Jun 2013
#37
The veil is being lifted, the people are rising (as one), and the gloves are coming off
BelgianMadCow
Jun 2013
#33
A Corporate-Military Fascist State is the push they make, we MUST push back,. harder!
Civilization2
Jun 2013
#38
"The man sells us back our water Like we're fish on his line Tryin' to turn our blood Into his wine"
canoeist52
Jun 2013
#41