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Breaking Through Power

Breaking Through Power | "AS LONG AS THEY REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OPINION ON SOMETHING THEY CAN CONTROL THE CONGRESS AGAINST ANY VESTED INTEREST."; "WE DON'T NEED HUGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. WE NEED ABOUT 1% OF THE PEOPLE SPENDING 3 TO 5 HUNDRED HOURS A YEAR, CONNECTING WITH EACH OTHER, OPENING FULL TIME OFFICES IN EVERY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, AND FOCUSING ON JUST 535 PEOPLE.... IN THE U.S. CONGRESS, THAT'S THE BRANCH THAT HAS THE MOST POWER UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION." | image tagged in ralph nader,chris hedges,on contact,majority opinion,lobbying,congress | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
1,861 views 1 upvote Made by Lover_Of_Truth 5 years ago in politics
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I'd like to talk about solutions. Many of usin this group think Direct Democracy is a Large part of the answer when it comes to political justice. Well getting that fully implemented is quite the challenge.

So here is one possible step/solution we can employ. Nader's been at the process of trying to hold government to account to the democratic process about as Long as anyone. But when he says "Majority opinion" just how does he think we're going to assess that?

Well, if our own government won't give us Direct Democracy there's no stopping us from creating an organization of our own to access the will of the people then applying pressure on the legislature, and president for that matter, to do exactly that, the will of people.

If a micro minority of people can control us through financial means and the institutional apparatuses that they apply pressure on, we can do the same via people power. We're just going to have to get a lot more organized.
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"AS LONG AS THEY REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OPINION ON SOMETHING THEY CAN CONTROL THE CONGRESS AGAINST ANY VESTED INTEREST."; "WE DON'T NEED HUGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. WE NEED ABOUT 1% OF THE PEOPLE SPENDING 3 TO 5 HUNDRED HOURS A YEAR, CONNECTING WITH EACH OTHER, OPENING FULL TIME OFFICES IN EVERY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, AND FOCUSING ON JUST 535 PEOPLE.... IN THE U.S. CONGRESS, THAT'S THE BRANCH THAT HAS THE MOST POWER UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION."