Tag Archives: Freedom

Pluralistic ( Constructive ) Democracy

Occupy Wall Street! Occupy Oakland! Occupy Portland! Occupy Boston! Occupy LA! Please read this. Please try to understand it. Please try to implement it. One of the highest VALUES paraded in every protest we see is the word DEMOCRACY. And … Continue reading

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Burden of a Two Party System

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. On Oct. 12, occupythegreenparty posted the following point: “I think people shouldn’t be afraid of several parties. The goal of the party is to run a candidate … Continue reading

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Psychology of Fear Drives Society

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from Dmanic: This [the OWS demand list] is a great list and encompasses pretty much all of the current practices that … Continue reading

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A New Declaration of Independence

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from fivefingers: “Demands” is the wrong word. (It makes OWS sound unjustified and is a word associated with other words like … Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street Leadership

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from CST: before we change the wall st and white house we gotta change OWS community, http://occupywallst.org/forum/decentralization-of-leadership-at-top-levels-of-oc/ Nanook: Centralization – Decentralization … 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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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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