To judge from the local version of OWS, no disagreement here. So far, it is a 3 ring circus, to put it one way, even if the main act is economic discontent. But a lot of "other stuff" is also going on. Billy -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/18/2011 [email protected] writes:
If you are not really sure what the occupy movement is about don't feel alone. At least 55% of the population feel the same way. Since the movement is only a month old that certainly isn't surprising. It takes longer than that for a grassroots movement to define itself and move forward or just fade away. However with all the discontent here and in the rest of the industrialized world I think this will not be going away anytime soon. A lot of people on the liberal side want to claim this movement for its own but in reality it can't yet be claimed or criticized with any accuracy at this moment. Of course the fringe elements are already calling it Communist or Fascist depending on which side they are one. But then again the fringe element is just that "on the edge." I wouldn't call it unregulated capitalism. More accurate would be the term, runaway corporatism" much like the situation was at the turn of the 20th century. Unfortunately we do not have a leader of the stature of a Teddy Roosevelt, who can reel in the runway horse. Tom Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? --- On Mon, 10/17/11, Chris Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: From: Chris Hahn <[email protected]> Subject: [RC] Occupy Protests' Seismic Effect To: [email protected] Date: Monday, October 17, 2011, 10:22 AM “Today’s Wall Street protests represent the left’s _decoupling from Obama_ (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AmrKe6r1jlX1ApKBBBgvPJC1qHQA;_ylu=X3oDMTFrM2g5cm4zBG1pdANBcnRpY2xlIEJvZHkEcG9zAzExBHNlYwNNZWRpYUFydGljbGVCb2R5QXNzZW1ibH k-;_ylg=X3oDMTJqaXFnc3ExBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDYjcxZWRkYzUtY2Vl Ny0zYzE0LThiMzEtMmQ1MTBiOTViMjQ4BHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=0/SIG=145r qcnbb/EX P=1320073775/**http:/www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/10/occupy-wall-street-protests-spell-trouble-for-obama-in-2012.html) and the Democratic Party, something that the global nature of the movement will only reinforce. That doesn’t mean the movement has a clear critique of unregulated capitalism yet, let alone a concrete agenda for reform, but it means that the left finally is forcing those questions onto the public agenda. By confronting Wall Street, it is creating the populist energy that Obama himself has not.” _http://news.yahoo.com/occupy-protests-seismic-effect-062600703.html_ (http://news.yahoo.com/occupy-protests-seismic-effect-062600703.html) I still don’t know what to make of the “occupy” movement, but I thought this was interesting. “This past weekend, in 900 cities across the world, tens of thousands _demonstrated against unregulated capitalism_ (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AvAaMYSijq.3yO4iij0R.MG1qHQA;_ylu=X3oDMTFqMDgxZXM0BG1pdANBcnRpY2xlIEJvZHkEcG9zAz EEc2VjA01lZGlhQXJ0aWNsZUJvZHlBc3NlbWJseQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTJqaXFnc3ExBGludGwDdXME bGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDYjcxZWRkYzUtY2VlNy0zYzE0LThiMzEtMmQ1MTBiOTViMjQ4BHBz dGNhdAMEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=0/SIG=1490inbhd/EXP=1320073775/**http:/www.the dailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/15/rome-protests-black-bloc-militants-turn-o ccupy-protests-violent.html) .” The link in the sentence above leads to an article about anarchists taking over the protests in Rome. Whatever the occupy movement represents, it is tapping into something that activates a grass roots constituency. Like the tea party in its roots days, this is a movement that cannot be ignored. Chris -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/) -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/) -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
