It Is OUR Duty, WE Are the Ones...

[kpete]

"We are the ones we have been waiting for"


[font color=purple]At the end of the day, the convulsion to come won’t really be about Wall Street’s derivatives malefactions, or its subprime fun and games, or rogue trading, or the folly of banks. .....It will be about this society’s final opportunity to rip away the paralyzing shackles of corruption or else dwell forever in a neofeudal social order.[/font]
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/12/25/wall-street-has-destroyed-the-wonder-that-was-america.print.html

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MON DEC 26, 2011 AT 11:56 PM PST
Why The Oligarchs Want to Ghettoize The Country
byRay PensadorFollow

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...........................once the system has turned totally corrupt, predatory, and criminal (as it's the case today in the United States), then patriotic and informed citizens have the duty to stop it from operating normally, in order to defend against a domestic enemy (the likes of ALEC, The US Chamber of Commerce, and other neo-fascistic organizations).

Such a system, if not stopped on its tracks, always leads to the following: A very tiny elite comprised of people with extreme wealth and a totally bought-off class of politicians (as it's the case now with the Democratic and Republican party establishments), in control of most of the wealth and power of the country, and a population living in a neo-feudal society.

We are way on our way to become such a society. All the hallmarks of a banana republic or third world country have been met, including rampant bribery of the political establishment, thievery and criminality at grand scale, with impunity and aided and covered up by bought off and corrupt politicians, the rise of an increasingly brutal police state.

The only question that remains is if the dwindling middle class is going to decide to cower in fear, remain on their knees, bowing down to large-scale criminals, or stand up for justice, freedom, and democracy.

the rest:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/27/1049085/-Why-The-Oligarchs-Want-to-Ghettoize-The-Country?via=siderec

[boston bean]

1. I'll give a kick and a rec! nt

[duhneece]

2. For those of us who believe non-violent actions can create that change

It then becomes a question of 'how do we act non-violently to make that change?'...and the answers are infinite. They always include (I think), organizing. Another 'how' to answer.

[Zorra]

3. Yep. Occupy. nt

[MineralMan]

4. That's pretty open-ended and doesn't suggest

what "we" might do to "stop it from operating normally." Any suggestions?