(October 1, 2014 at 9:21 am)bladevalant546 Wrote: I believe we did try that, it was the occupy movement. What we got was government plants and corporate plants to delegitimize the movement. Spotlighting stupid by the media to disrupt the message and apparently FBI involvement. I believe why the young people are so tired of trying, is because no one listens on a scale which change can actually occur.
Actually, I think it moved the dialogue in this country, and while it alienated some folks, I'm pretty sure they were far-right enough to have already marginalized themselves.
The country could use more of that. One spell of it certainly isn't going to change anything, but continued and voluble use of the right to free speech has to be made ... while it's still possible.