Since I don't think we can turn back the clock, I say: We need to fix
government, not destroy it.
The great force
of Occupy and populist anger on the left needs to be
channeled into practical
activism that both raises the consciousness of the people
and affects electoral outcomes.
Building an alternative
economy and society bottom-up, as Occupiers want to do,
might be valuable, but it's not going to get us to
Medicare for All, which is a Big Government program.
Occupy-style activism may have benefits but it's not
sufficient. The Tea Party took over the House. Occupiers
wasted time arguing with each other and getting brutalized
by the police. In the 60s, many protesters had to die to
achieve civil rights for black Americans; maybe lots of
people will have to die or be brutalized to reform our
corrupt corporatocracy.
Tis' a shame that angry conservatives take over the GOP, while angry
progressives flee the Democratic Party or electoral politics.
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