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In reply to the discussion: Calling or writing isn't enough. They know what we think. [View all]marions ghost
(19,841 posts)but you have to face the reality. They are attacking on so many fronts. We are not winning by the usual methods. Because our opponents have no ethics, respect no boundaries. They will take all they can get and then some.
THIS is what we are not facing as we pretend that Democracy is alive and well in America. Our thinking needs to start from the premise that Democracy is on life support in America. If it hasn't failed already.
Whatever you think about Occupy, it was/is an effort to confront them. I can only applaud Occupy. It's not either/or. Not either Elections or Occupy. Too much black v white thinking there.
I am in favor of ALL efforts to oppose what the hijackers are doing in this country. Local elections are important but when you have so many with no scruples in control, it is very hard to "win" at the ballot box. Look at the latest efforts to disenfranchise. Not that we roll over and play dead, but the ballot box is not THE solution--when fascists cheat at every opportunity.
We have a problem with massive corruption and lack of ethics in leadership. People cannot trust the government to be working for the people.
We need a direct meteor strike to reboot the planet.