The original Boston Tea Party was an actual work of economic terrorism in the service of a social complaint.
The social complaint was "taxation without representation". The economic terrorism, dropping bales of tea into Boston Harbor. Saying, "we'll do without tea rather than be economically controlled by a political body that does not serve our interests." That was the message intended, and thus was the message understood, loud and clear. This means WAR, spluttered the brits. Brang 'er on. Answered the yanks. That was then. This is now. Today there is an upswelling of populist opposition to the political body in power, that calls itself "the tea party" and they certainly have in common with the first the social complaint, but they have not as yet, performed any actual work of economic terrorism. Not in a defined, noticeable way. But they have begun in a small, tentative, way, tossing in a few leaves around the edges. These "leaves" are bankruptcy and turnkey foreclosures. The economic terrorism about to be committed against the governmental bodies - a financial and governmental consortium of power - is going to be to the next decade what burning the bra and the draft card were to the decade that ran from '62 to '74 and roughly known as the sixties. It's the act of burning one's mortgage on the front lawn. It's the recognition of a new way of thinking about planetary occupation. It's a recognition of the death of the old. It's the great equalizing year of jubilee, freeing men from the onerous strain of putting 75% of their income into taxes and mortgage. Cuz we're all mad as hell about it, and we don't wanna take it anymore. The creation of the "upside down mortgage" was not our fault, but we see how to use it to our advantage. What if we just stopped buying or paying for our homes? We can't all be evicted. We can't all be shoved out on the street while one or two bankers try to dwell in millions of homes. Let occupation equate to ownership, and if you got lucky and picked a nice house to dwell in when the Economy stopped singing its song and the dance of the musical chairs ended you up in a great place, then swell. Dwell and be happy and productive. If you are currently homeless, there are still landlords and there will be a national lottery for all vacant housing. Followed by easy rentals and friendly zoning. In fact, make property malleable by allowing multiple house zoning and even legal squatting on any land. There will be some squabbling between neighbors, no doubt. Always has been. Try and keep the shooting down after dark when we're all trying to sleep. And start breeding again. Stop using cars, use horses instead. Walk and bicycle. Plant many seeds. Have kids. Eat a lot of peaches. Throw the tea into the harbor, in other words. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
