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plumpynut commented on the diary post Occupy Nashville: Sitting in Limbo by kyushukev.
Kudos to ON. I live several counties over from Nashville so haven’t been able to participate what with work, etc. but was able to attend a GA on a Sunday early in the occupation, following the illegal arrests and expulsion. Really excited by the small but passionate crowd that was there. Proud of them. Thanks [...]
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plumpynut commented on the blog post Wingnut Lady Going Galt Because, You Know, Obama
Anybody that would write that woman a check deserves to go broke. WACK A DOODLE!
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plumpynut commented on the diary post Occupy: What To Do If You Are Subpoenaed To Testify Before A Federal Grand Jury by Masoninblue.
Nothing to ad but damn do I miss Warren Zevon. Thanks for the vid.
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plumpynut commented on the diary post Quick message to the proponents of “Occupy Wall Street” by sixgill.
Points above well taken. However given the general malaise of the electorate I’m willing to give ‘em the benefit of the doubt. If just one of those “posers” gets radicalized then, IMHO, the effort was successful. Perhaps they’ll go on to teach Philosophy or Literature vs. getting a JD or MBA.
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plumpynut commented on the diary post Radical strategy to deal with Obama by Stephen Voss.
Wait a minute…
This guy for President:
The mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania got a Mercedes out of a bike lane by crushing it with a tank. One way to do it.
(Coach Bill for VP)
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plumpynut commented on the diary post Radical strategy to deal with Obama by Stephen Voss.
Coach Bill for President.
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plumpynut commented on the blog post FINAL VOTE
…here’s to the goddamn pages.
Jeeezzzzuuuusssss!
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plumpynut commented on the diary post What Will the Revolution Look Like? by vector56.
Absolutely has to be nonviolent. To heck with private security firms, plenty self-styled “patriot” militia members just itching for a fire fight…about ANYTHING. (Not a perfect analogy but remember it has been speculated an FBI Informant fired the first shot at Kent State prompting the Guard to open fire.) Bring back Resurrection City, The Poor [...]
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plumpynut commented on the blog post Grijalva Statement Opposing the Bill He Voted For Yesterday
“Okay, Jane, saying you’re right, what is anyone going to do about it? I’ve contributed to Blue Progressives and a lot of others in my state. I’m tapped out. Money runs the system. I’m also trying to save for my own retirement. Rather than curse the darkness, what candle do you light?”
(jonerik)THIS:(Progressives can move markets much quicker than we can move the political system. Jane, et al are dead on. We’ve been looking in the wrong place for the problem. Thanks guys.)
(Eric Patton)
“First, understand that the problem is capitalism. The system can’t be reformed. No matter who is in charge, it will always tend toward devolution and corruption.Capitalism has to be completely replaced, and you only have four options that I know of: market socialism, centrally-planned socialism, and fascism (which have all been tried), and participatory economics (which hasn’t).
The left can start building pareconish institutions and transforming its existing institutions along pareconish lines right now — no one is preventing it but the left itself. That would put the fear of Jesus Christ into the capitalist class and cause them to accede to massive social changes.
FDR was protecting capitalism from a truly revolutionary movement from below. We need such a movement today, but it can’t be based on what has historically been called socialism (which would more accurately be called “coordinatorism”). The only way to build a revolutionary movement from below today is through participatory economics. Nothing else will work.
But first, the left will have to acknowledge the existence of a third economic class: the coordinator class, something that the left has shown zero interest in doing for decades now.
But if the left does that, mountains will move. And relatively quickly too, I think.”
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plumpynut commented on the diary post You’ve lost, you just don’t know it by Bin Quick.
I agree that there is ample evidence that Representative Democracy, USA style, and Capitalism have failed “We, The People” and that endless examples of that, while not without value, do little to stimulate change. Where are the young firebrands? Do we have to rely on the old guard of Chomsky, etc. to make something like [...]
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plumpynut commented on the diary post Thank God for Republicans, Obama may be done soon. by Bin Quick.
Well said sir. However this is not news. When are people gonna get REALLY PISSED OFF AND DO SOMETHING!?
PRIMARY OBAMA!
Ahem…No back to the regular programming.
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