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Fire Walk With Me

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6. Hasn't Occupy shown you that the power of the people is the answer, and that politics are the
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 07:06 PM
Feb 2013

problem? Why the hell should we spend a minute on people who send riot cops when we peacefully march? They have proven themselves obstacles, not representatives. Occupy itself is a form of voting. We vote "NO MORE" regarding the problems we've outlined.

Did the government respond to the will and voice of the people? Yes: 7400+ Occupiers arrested, some beaten bloody, FBI ransacking apartments, federal agents where Occupy plan to march...BULLSHIT.

You may not have noticed that wall street regulation, jailing banksters, reinstating Glass-Steagal, overtuning Citizens United were not on any of the ballots. Voting doesn't work if what concerns you isn't on any ballot. Occupy IS a vote, for the people and for a better world.

Thank you for your wish for Occupy to be effective outside the encampments, but remember that Occupy means to reclaim space and things, space and things lost to apathy and the greedy. We have shown that in big cities there are no more "commons" where citizens may peaceably assemble. We need to take that back.

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