IM2Opinionated - Common sense views on politics

Some Ideas to Wrest the American democracy from control of corporations and the elite. Strategies: 1) Build a network of local and small businesses through the following: A) Build network of consumers who need the products or services of local businesses: This has the effect of creating demand for the business, while building trust and loyalty from the business. Tactics: I) Advertise: local newspapers (The Penny Saver, The Miami Herald, etc.) II) Word of mouth of those members of the organization, employees (this could serve as their 1 hour of donated time) (To Regain American Democracy) B) Require 10% of the profit (once the demand increases: A baseline needs to be established prior to committing to providing support) 2) Identify, Target and Hold accountable the elite and corporate leaders (the “job creators”) 3) Start community farms: A) These mini farms can be planted on small plots that homeowners are willing to plan...

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Lately, both side of the political aisle have been talking about class warfare and I thought it interesting that the book I've been reading for about a week now discusses just this issue and what possibly lies beneath the claims made by both the Democrats and the Republicans. The book is entitled "Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists" and here is an excerpt: The corporatocracy uses its money and power to try to persuade Americans that it is "populist demagoguery" to even bring up the subject of class war, and that populism means pandering to destructive prejudices. Fortunately, despite the corporactocracy's great efforts here, many don't buy it. In March 2009, a Rasmussen Reports poll reported that "55% of Americans Are Populist." They defined populist as trusting the American people's judgement more than America's political leaders, as seeing government and big business as political allies working against the interest of most ...

Here is an article to get people thinking about this problem of the coporatization of America http://www.alternet.org/story/152158/3_things_that_must_happen_for_us_to_rise_up_and_defeat_the_corporatocracy/?page=entire