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(123,485 posts) Fri Feb 24, 2012, 12:11 AM Feb 2012

Maybe Occupy is a harbinger of what democracy will look like: where people get together [View all]

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with some other people to support some issue (and maybe get taxed for its cost) and then break apart with that group and form another when it comes to another issue. Because Occupy represents a myriad of ideas. Maybe democracy will be done over the internet. Maybe we can do away with legislators and vote directly on laws after a period of open discussion some day way ahead in the future. Corporations want to be the messenger between people and a tiny weak government. Maybe the internet will allow people to make an end run around the plutocracy the GOP want. Just musing.

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Maybe Occupy is a harbinger of what democracy will look like: where people get together [View all] applegrove Feb 2012 OP

Watching Occupy Being Born unionworks Feb 2012 #1

I still believe in the democracies we have today. And as long as the internet remains applegrove Feb 2012 #2

"Occupy is the pendulum swinging back towards true democracy." sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #5

The new banks should lend to the less developed nations because that is where all the growth in applegrove Feb 2012 #6

I don't know what their longterm goals are, but that is interesting information sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #7

Oh I don't know that much about banking either. Thanks for the link. Good article. applegrove Feb 2012 #8

beautifully said. Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2012 #3

I too waited for our movement for a long time. Magoo48 Feb 2012 #10

I like the fact that the Occupy movement encourages JDPriestly Feb 2012 #4

K&R...for post and the interesting replies.... KoKo Feb 2012 #9