If one doesn't even know their senators or rep they forfeit the right to have an opinion about politics IMHO. Willful ignorance is NOT to be tolerated when speaking about the future direction of our Nation (which the protesters are full of).
So what? Senators and representatives are rarely in the news. I consider myself pretty well informed, and I can't name either of my senators or the representative for my district. If they asked about how they felt about significant policy initiatives in Washington (changes in rules for mortgage refinancing, tax code changes, the budget deal, etc.) you might have gotten a good idea of how informed the person was, but I guess the reporter would rather ask gotcha questions.
Not really. No.
So what? Senators and representatives are rarely in the news. I consider myself pretty well informed, and I can't name either of my senators or the representative for my district. If they asked about how they felt about significant policy initiatives in Washington (changes in rules for mortgage refinancing, tax code changes, the budget deal, etc.) you might have gotten a good idea of how informed the person was, but I guess the reporter would rather ask gotcha questions.
Not really. No.
Its a combination of communism mixed with anarchy which is interesting as communism is inherently authoritarian.
If one doesn't even know their senators or rep they forfeit the right to have an opinion about politics IMHO. Willful ignorance is NOT to be tolerated when speaking about the future direction of our Nation (which the protesters are full of).
If you're pretty well informed you'd know the name of your State (or commonwealth) Senator and House Rep. along with your Federal House member and your 2 Senators. If you don't know these then you're not "pretty well informed"
That statement saddens me, and it's almost sig worthy... Did you vote in their elections?I consider myself pretty well informed, and I can't name either of my senators or the representative for my district.
Educate yourself, Left Libertarianism is not authoritarianism, Bakunin was Karl Marx's rival. Not only are you ignorant of basic political ideology but you are a talk radio revisionist history moron, and a very uneducated one at that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism
Adherents of libertarian socialism assert that a society based on freedom and equality can be achieved through abolishing authoritarian institutions that control certain means of production and subordinate the majority to an owning class or political and economic elite.[9] Libertarian socialism also constitutes a tendency of thought that promotes the identification, criticism, and practical dismantling of illegitimate authority in all aspects of life.
Accordingly, libertarian socialists believe that "the exercise of power in any institutionalized form—whether economic, political, religious, or sexual—brutalizes both the wielder of power and the one over whom it is exercised".[10] Libertarian socialists generally place their hopes in decentralized means of direct democracy such as libertarian municipalism, citizens' assemblies, trade unions, and workers' councils.
You are welcome for the basic politics 101 class. Dismissed.
It's true I can't hear the voices in your head, and I'm thankful for that. Unlike you, I prefer fact to faith, information to emotion, reason to fear. I've asked many times for objective, credible evidence to support your paranoid rants. You've consistently failed to deliver. I've asked for you to put up or shut up. You've done neither.Sticking your fingers in your ears and yelling "Lalalalala I can't hear youuu!" is admirable.
GG.
Huh?
Communism and socialism are inherently authoritarian by definition.
Can achieve the goals of communism or socialism without an authoritarian government.
Let me guess, some junkie dude on the radio told you this while acting outraged? Herp derp! You guys gotta be the more gullible (and clueless) fanbois in the galaxy.
Someone should market some Foxnews lightsabers, because this is what you are, a bunch of douchey trekkies/star wars fans arguing about a fictional political narration made up by the entertainment industry.
You guys are a joke, the more garbage you repeat from talk radio in your insular world the more you look like idiots to even semi-educated peoples. Great work!
Interesting. I haven't seen a demographic breakdown of the OWS protestors. Would you mind sharing?It may not be what it's about, but unfortunately those are the types that have shown up in the greater numbers.
I've got to say, from the tremendous knee-jerk derision and demonization some of you are dumping on these protestors, it seems like you must be scared shitless that these kids, in all their disorganized glory, may actually -- finally -- pose a well-deserved threat to the elite few that have systematically looted America over the last 30 years. You can play apologist to the status quo all you want, but they have valid concerns and unlike you, they've actually gotten off their over-indulged, middle-class asses and stood up to try to change things. I don't know if it's a flash in the pan or a movement with real legs, but at least they've shifted the debate away from all the usual phony wedge issues like gays and guns.
Oh ya, we are really scared that they are protesting against voluntary loans they took on but realize it sucks to pay bills.
Huh? (again)
How else do you get communism or socialism without an authoritarian government?
Interesting. I haven't seen a demographic breakdown of the OWS protestors. Would you mind sharing?
Interesting, thanks.Only thing I've seen so far that attempts to deal with that question.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/26/c...-worry-the-99-percent-are-light-on-diversity/
A little late to the party . As I told you some months back . I talked wife into taking some of her 401 K and redeeming it . It worked well for us . Now she is going to take it all . You want to hurt the banks . Get your 401 k money while there is some left. Buy Gold /Silver. These people that are protesting I wonder how many have 401ks with over $10,000 I bet not many.
You want to hurt the banks . Get your 401 k money while there is some left. Buy Gold /Silver.
I've got to say, from the tremendous knee-jerk derision and demonization some of you are dumping on these protestors, .............
That strategy is going to hurt you a lot more than it is the banks
What a surprise and shock for you after you treated the Tea Party Activists with so much respect and tolerance.