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In reply to the discussion: OWS has meant just as much - if not more- than the teabagger movement to politics... [View all]Zalatix
(8,994 posts)42. Well hey at least my arguments don't come from Bizarro Land
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OWS has meant just as much - if not more- than the teabagger movement to politics... [View all]
jillan
Aug 2012
OP
Are you saying that all those hours I spent at Occupy Los Angeles (and
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#8
LOL there's no way to RATIONALLY believe that tax equality would be an issue without OWS.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#89
That's strange, because all polls taken on OWS showed that over 80% had heard of them
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#49
Weimar had proportional representation in its Reichstag. U.S. has 'winner take all'
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#10
Could you please explain this point in very simple terms? I don't get it.... (nt)
philly_bob
Aug 2012
#14
Um, in the Weimar Republic a poltiical party needed to only secure about
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#21
It is a myth that proportional representation had anything to do with the Nazis taking power.
JackRiddler
Aug 2012
#61
Proportional representation had something to do with the Nazis taking power, as Hitler would not
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#65
The Nazis were largest party in both 1932 parliamentary elections (July & November)
JackRiddler
Aug 2012
#68
Your point is valid for a hypothetical winner-take-all system with multiple viable parties. I might
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#71
When the Nazis first came to power the Social Democrats and Communist had a combined majority.
Puregonzo1188
Aug 2012
#75
But the Baggers are not a 'movement'. They were a creation of big money interests
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#50
LOL! You are definitely going to hold the DU record for most anti-Occupy posts by a country mile.
Zorra
Aug 2012
#36
OWS has helped bring together people to help those being illegally thrown out of their homes...
midnight
Aug 2012
#12
Frazzled you make an impressive point... I'm wondering if that list would not be so long if not for
midnight
Aug 2012
#64
My humble suggestion-keep reading what you can about OWS. It is a world wide movement regardless if
midnight
Aug 2012
#78
The teabaggers are heavily funded by the Koch Bros and more. OWS does not have the $ behind
jillan
Aug 2012
#18
for the first time in a generation - OWS made the subject of inequitable distribution of wealth a
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2012
#35
No, and drop the fantasy. One side mobilized and elected 60+ people to congress, the other side
cecilfirefox
Aug 2012
#47
There is no comparison between a real Grassroots, International Social Justice movement
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#51