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Thoroughly sick of all things Occupy? OWS?

Are you tired of all things OWS?

  • No! We need 24/7 coverage until the Movement succeeds!

    Votes: 15 21.7%

  • Anti-OWS, but I like arguing about it.

    Votes: 6 8.7%

  • Pro-OWS, but I'm getting tired of arguing about it.

    Votes: 9 13.0%

  • Anti-OWS, sick of hearing about it.

    Votes: 22 31.9%

  • Not taking sides, just plain sick of it all.

    Votes: 9 13.0%

  • Other/Rootebega

    Votes: 8 11.6%
  • Total voters
    69
  • Poll closed .
Caine said:
Empty Rhetoric......
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I agree. Besides, effecting change begins with individual effort--an afternoon or evening volunteering at a shelter or soup kitchen or literacy class would produce tangible results. ;)
 
Bloody Angry said:
Not from my side of the fence, it isn't.
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Then why don't they have any ideas as to how to make it better?

In a free country, the INDIVIDUAL is responsible for their own lot in society.

It is not the government's job to ensure that everyone, regardless of their personal effort, is allowed the same standard of living.
 
Caine said:
Then why don't they have any ideas as to how to make it better?

In a free country, the INDIVIDUAL is responsible for their own lot in society.

It is not the government's job to ensure that everyone, regardless of their personal effort, is allowed the same standard of living.
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We need a level playing field first.
 
What, in your opinion, is "unlevel"?
 
nota bene said:
What, in your opinion, is "unlevel"?
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The current system. How about we establish a radical democracy that places people's lives under their own control -- a non-racist, classless, feminist, socialist society in which people cooperate at work, at home, and in the community?
 
Bloody Angry said:
The current system. How about we establish a radical democracy that places people's lives under their own control -- a non-racist, classless, feminist, socialist society in which people cooperate at work, at home, and in the community?
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Such a Utopia does not, and cannot exist on a planet full of humans. That being fact, we only need to stop being selfish, greedy and covetous of others!
 
Bloody Angry said:
The current system. How about we establish a radical democracy that places people's lives under their own control -- a non-racist, classless, feminist, socialist society in which people cooperate at work, at home, and in the community?
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You didn't answer the question.

What about our current system is "unlevel"???

Just saying it and then giving an example of some utopia that will never exist doesn't answer question.
 
Caine said:
You didn't answer the question.

What about our current system is "unlevel"???

Just saying it and then giving an example of some utopia that will never exist doesn't answer question.
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The wealthy have a moral obligation to help those who are less well off. But even if they didn't have that obligation, it would still be in their best interest to endorse a moderate amount of government redistribution of wealth to keep the imbalance from growing too large.

In the early '30s there was a real danger that either a Russian style socialist revolution would sweep over America, or America would descend into fascism in the attempt to suppress that threat. The main reason neither of those things happened was because of the New Deal. Economists will debate forever whether the New Deal did anything to ameliorate the Great Depression, but the redistribution of wealth that it represented took the wind out of the sails of the growing socialist movement. It's why Germany got Hitler and you didn't.
 
Direct your anger at congress and re-elect no one. Banks are just doing what they do and have done since The Rothchilds began banking. Be careful for what you ask for as you may get more than you bargained for.
 
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