Meta observation on our political class

[nadinbrzezinski]

I do not expect POTUS to do this, but for the rest to break out of the DC bubble, or the city council bubble...yes it's that wide, they need to go visit their local occupy. And I do not mean this as congressman so and so, or city council so and so. I mean this incognito. They need to go close to the General Assembly and for once shut up and just listen. I don't care what party, but truly they need to. They have no idea just how angry people are.

Oh and after that fun exercise, go find theiir conscience and realize we are more than the ones paying them bills so far. And if they collectively don't listen, it might get really uggly. People are getting radicalized and that is no joke.

[SoDesuKa]

1. Feel The Power

You're asking people to visit the Occupy site and feel for themselves the power of the movement. That power is nationalism, unexpectedly rising up against the ravages of international capitalism. The strength of nationalism is the reason small countries like Vietnam and Iraq could defeat the mighty United States.

"Occupy Egypt" - clearly a nationalist movement - succeeded because the Egyptians recognized there's no need to have an Egypt at all if the country were led by a global whore like Mubarak. Similarly, there's no need for an "America" if our politicians serve only Goldman Sachs or Monsanto or Standard Oil. Over time, our leaders have addressed an increasingly smaller problem set, to the point where they hardly address the concerns of ordinary Americans at all. Don't write a letter to Congress; you won't be heard.

Good news! Progress is being made. The police in New York finally recognize that they too have a stake in the OWS movement. The City exploited the cops' diminishing political clout as an opportunity to move against the police unions. There was something pathetic about cops holding up protest signs defending their putative "right" to fix traffic tickets. The Captains' union was similarly alarmed at Anthony Bologna's exile to Siberia - the 123rd precinct in Staten Island.



Nationalism is powerful.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I am not sure it's nationalism

I think it's something they truly fear...and the natural product of this new economic order. Something you ain't supposed to talk about, class consciousness. No, can't call it that way...but that's what you are seeing.

[Boojatta]

3. Good idea

break out of the DC bubble, or the city council bubble

And I do not mean as Congressman so and so, or as City Councilor so and so. I mean incognito.

just listen