tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post355727916434906554..comments2023-07-06T10:55:44.311+02:00Comments on Attempted Essays: Occupy the WorldFrancis Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-48336012986140203492011-11-21T03:30:52.312+01:002011-11-21T03:30:52.312+01:00This was a very thoughtful and well written post. ...This was a very thoughtful and well written post. We do have good reason to worry that as we tread the downhill slope of Hubbert's curve that things will not go smoothly.<br /><br />The original European Greens had the slogan: 'Not Left or Right, but In Front!' This implies that there is at least one 'Third Way'. It's also amazing that a political movement that claims 'Ecological Wisdom' as one of its 'Four Pillars' rarely attempts to apply an ecological analysis to the challenges we face. Governments still control vast resources that could be put to better use (or not dug up and used in the first place). Governments and all of their traditions and trappings are still part of 'what is' so they can’t easily be ignored. It seems to me the Green Party is still the only organized political movement in Western Society with at least a slim potential for becoming the new majority.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-44208710769153818492011-11-20T13:40:13.934+01:002011-11-20T13:40:13.934+01:00While I support the occupy protests and fully unde...While I support the occupy protests and fully understand the anger and discontent, I share your fears about how all this will ultimately play itself out. <br /><br />As events in the protests in the U.S. have turned increasingly violent, I worry that nothing will happen as a result except that people (a lot of them young people) will be beaten down and just go away and business will resume as usual.<br /><br />Other than a few academicians showing up to support the larger of the occupy protests, there seems to be very little leadership. While that's one of the things that makes it a genuine, grassroots revolution, it may also be one of the things that contributes to the lack of alternatives which your essay points out is badly needed.<br /><br />I think about the revolution in Portugal in the early 70's and idealistically long for carnations in the barrels of guns, telling the bastards to get the hell out and voila, a new system is born. <br />:-) If only it could be that easy.<br /><br />Excellent as always, Francis.<br /><br />Regarding your story on obnoxious - I hope you keep writing fiction. Your story reminded me vaguely of a Joyce Carol Oats story from a fascianting collection of shorts called Wild Nights, in which she places Emily Dickinson as EDickinsonRepliLuxe in a futuristic tale. <br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/books/review/Wineapple-t.html<br /><br />Apologies for not properly linking.<br /><br />Best,<br />GinaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-16088989008867285422011-11-18T20:14:33.895+01:002011-11-18T20:14:33.895+01:00We cannot go on living as we do. There are wider i...We cannot go on living as we do. There are wider issues to be addressed but in terms of the Occupy protests I am definitely a supporter. They may not achieve anything themselves but if they can act as a catalyst for a movement that cannot be ignored then it will be worth the effortjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.com