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These are early days to be

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:21:56 +0000

In reply to Yes, keep the numbers low.

These are early days to be talking about revolutionary vanguards... many people are still trying to understand the "99%" business which is baby talk for the "class struggle". Every journey they say begins with a single step... OWS may be that first step. Wait and see.

Yes, keep the numbers low.

Peter Schwartz — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:36:28 +0000

In reply to Marie Antoinette, it turns

Yes, keep the numbers low.

Marie Antoinette, it turns

erica20 — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:47:53 +0000

In reply to We Are All Naked, Enjoy the Drums

Marie Antoinette, it turns out, is not dead after all. She's on WSJ and giving interviews.

One thing worth remembering is that this "what do they want?" stuff is disingenuous. Both these people know what Occupy Wall Street means, and they're very invested in trying to drive a wedge between the protesters and the ordinary people who would never dream of going (or be able to go) to the park. Because it is very much in their interest to keep those numbers low.

Aw, heck. I couldn't get the

wabby — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:05:40 +0000

In reply to We Are All Naked, Enjoy the Drums

Aw, heck. I couldn't get the vid to work. I've seen other #OWS drumming vids, though. I understand a lot of folks don't like the noise. Mebbe if they'd been conditioned by pow wow drum circles like I have, it wouldn't be so... inconveniently loud.

Music to my ears!

In the meantime, enjoy the

Resistance — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:34:23 +0000

In reply to We Are All Naked, Enjoy the Drums

In the meantime, enjoy the drums

Drums of War?

Watch as they kick the protesters out of the parks, and maybe onto reservations?

Help us Great ~~White~~ Black father?

These protests are a cry for help, but whose going to help; the judges, the politicians, the banker class, all working for the owners of this country. As they steal everything from us.

Owners: "You want to call a general strike, go ahead we'll bring in millions of more immigrants willing to work. You want to make demands on our manufacturing companies, we'll move offshore. Go ahead, beat your Tom Toms, were not the least bit afraid."

Wanting a "revolutionary

Verified Atheist — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:41:41 +0000

In reply to We Are All Naked, Enjoy the Drums

Wanting a "revolutionary vanguard" isn't about desiring a "totalitarian state". It's about wanting a ship with a rudder. In the past, it just wasn't possible to have a (successful) movement this large without some sort of concentrated leadership. Without concentrated leadership it would result in cacophony. Maybe technology has changed enough now to do away with it, though. I don't know. An interesting analogy is to high-performance planes with negative stability compensated by complex fly-by-wire systems. What used to be impossible can become desirable.