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The Woman Who Came To Dinner ... | 10 comments (10 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Forget about the US and EU governments: they're hopeless. Where to for the people? How can the insanity be stopped? Or will it have to run its course and get much worse before it can get better?

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Dec 9th, 2005 at 05:16:38 PM EST
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Re: My question (none / 1)

The problem of representative democracy is that the people only have periodic opportunities to change the direction of things. Campaigning can help, but until election time rolls around it is rare for it to be enough.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Fri Dec 9th, 2005 at 05:40:12 PM EST
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