Pushing back against overreach by American capitalism is a patriotic tradition. It’s why we have child labor laws. It’s why we have unions. It’s why we have financial & safety regulations. Government “of the people, by the people & for the people” is not some radical leftist plot
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I agree, but change only comes as a compromise when people have the power on their own to compel capitulation to their needs. We need a strategy that combines boots on the ground, signs in the air, letters in the mail with voter participation. But voting by itself ain't it.
No one is saying it is, but we’d be naïve to think brute force on any level wouldn’t be met by overwhelming suppression. That’s why there’s a spiritual element to all this as there was in the Indian Independence movement & the civil rights movement. We have to speak to conscience
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Again, I agree. There has to be harmonics between all the techniques we use, a consistency between ends & means. But we let elected leaders we support down when we stop our agitation. Where was the million person march on DC when Obama was president to support health care reform?
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btw I never suggested brute force, only the power to compel. That can take many forms, including spiritual demonstrations, such as the organized energy we brought to bear ending the Vietnam war. In fact, my own spiritual quest began there and then.
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Gandhi's or MLK's non-violence had to be complemented by revolutionary thought and force of people like Bhagat Singh, MLK or the Black Panthers Power will not concede unless it feels threatened
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