Monthly Archives: October 2011

This is NOT Just “Another” Recession

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. People are not looking widely enough at the crisis we are in. While the protests are called “Occupy Wall Street”, this is NOT only an economic problem. … Continue reading

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Restructuring the Supreme Court

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. There were a number of posts attacking the Supreme Court decision to allow corporations to make political contributions. But, the Supreme Court has a number of faults … Continue reading

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The Seven Deadly Sins

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from dyck: We are the people AND the government. Think about how, if many of us are always thinking about ourselves, … Continue reading

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How To Provide Much More Freedom For All

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from DAN1: Good Morning “flavian”. Thanks for replying. I agree with your viewpoint about “forcing cooperation”. That is really not cooperation … Continue reading

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World Stock Markets MUST Be Restructured

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand summary list. Demand 5 about the stock market is a good start. But it doesn’t go far enough. It doesn’t address the major problem. The entire stock market has … Continue reading

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Freedom

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. A lot of people truly misunderstand FREEDOM, and actually believe they can have it and are ENTITLED to it. While the concept of freedom can be used … Continue reading

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Limitations of Direct Democracy

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from flavian: It’s not direct democracy if a majority dictates for a minority. And some times it’s not even a majority. … Continue reading

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Making Direct Democracy Work

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from DAN1: Hi “EvanFromHeaven”. Ol Dan here. Looks like the suggestion to put Direct Democracy on the Occupy Wall Street list … Continue reading

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Mob RULE!

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from DAN1: Ooops! There’s that dirty word again. “Mob rule”. The best way to not have mob rule is to not … Continue reading

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Some Problems With Voting

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from occupythegreenparty:  I’ve been thinking about our election system. I know there are many groups working on different things Like getting … Continue reading

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