The Accepted System of Dissent A Veteran’s Speech on March 18, 2006

[AGENDA21]

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I would say we are here today because we believe that if we amass enough demonstrators, hold enough rallies, and walk in enough marches, we will turn the tide of war.

We are here today because we believe that if we say the right words and carry the right signs we will get our foot in the door of democratic debate.

In short, we are here because we believe in an illusion. That illusion is an accepted system of dissent that ensures our resistance doesn’t go beyond boundaries established by the government and the corporate media.

Methods that worked 40 years ago have been gradually homogenized into a manageable system of dissent that channels our moral outrage and our demands for peace into predictable, self-censoring, and largely ineffective protest.

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[Minnesota Libra]

1. For the most part I agree but where I part ways with the writer is........

......"...What is an election when the major political parties are two sides of a counterfeit coin?"

If that is the case then why not just eliminate the entire government and go for chaos itself???

[400Years]

6. I think you missed the point

[annabanana]

2. excellent article

“But wait,” you say. Don't Americans have free speech? Can’t we vote the bums out? Well, what is free speech when it falls on deaf ears? What is voting when corporations manufacture hackable electronic voting machines that leave no paper trail? What is an election when the major political parties are two sides of a counterfeit coin?

It’s time to throw away our misplaced faith in this corrupt, undemocratic system and build alternatives to it. “Another world is possible” isn’t possible if we keep supporting a system that’s rigged against us. "


We MUST get the vote back.

[AGENDA21]

3. A New Political Party..?

[Just Me]

4. Very impactful.

Inspiring, too.

Thank you for sharing.

[Just Me]

5. Oh, and nominated. eom