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"OK, Occupii "UK PLC slaves". It is time to do what will make a difference. Abolish wage-slavery:demand unconditional basic/living income."
Ruffbear7 commented on Janos Abel's blog post What now, after the protest?
"I think you would be surprised by the depth of economic and political literacy I have found among the occupiers. There are many who are seizing a variety of instruments available from the existing power structures in order to reshape the economic…"
Janos Abel commented on Janos Abel's blog post What now, after the protest?
"I would say that "change occurs much faster than" people want to realize. Revolutions are like convulsions analogous to earth quakes (a thesis Alfred Korzybski elaborated). Institutions and habits of thought stay static while the social…"
Ruffbear7 commented on Janos Abel's blog post What now, after the protest?
"I think change occurs much faster than people realize and revolutions are noisier and more disruptive than necessary."
Janos Abel commented on Janos Abel's blog post What now, after the protest?
"Ruffbear, I have not studied revolutions per se but have read quite widely in social history and evolution. In my understanding revolutions can not reach fundamental issues because the analysis informing them does not go to "rock bottom"…"
Janos Abel commented on Janos Abel's blog post Economics from the ground up
"One exploiting 99?---A systems view of domination
We are the 99%, but, more precisely, who are we and who is the 1%?
Modeling a real life situation is a systematic way of mapping details relevant to understanding it.
Some numbers first:
Assume…"
Janos Abel commented on Janos Abel's blog post Economics from the ground up
"Uploading discussion paper on 99 vs 1"
Ruffbear7 commented on Janos Abel's blog post What now, after the protest?
"I agree with your analysis except for the time scale. Have you studied revolutions much?"
Janos Abel commented on Janos Abel's blog post What now, after the protest?
"Ruffbear, it is a great support for one's morale to know that insights resonate with others, thank you.
"Infection" does sound a nasty metaphor but it conveys what needs to be done to initiate the spread of "healing" effects…"
Janos Abel commented on Janos Abel's blog post Economics from the ground up
"Few people, even in the occupy movement*, seem willing to seriously consider the mechanics whereby the 1% ensures that we remain their domesticated servants. I been puzzling over this and think that it is because the determining nature of…"
Janos Abel added a page to the group First Things First---Economic Literacy
Economic Literacy
The first line of deference is against deceptive use of language---sophistry---in economics.
occupy%20economic%20sophistry.doc
Janos Abel replied to Ruffbear7's discussion Planning Everything Out in the group The Lynchpin
"The 1% has inculcated an anti-planing mentality in the minds of its supporters---a version of the “invisible hand” that makes self-eeking behaviour benefit the common good “more successfully than if people starde out directly to be…"
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The Lynchpin
The essential, next step for Occupy 2.0 is to demonstrate the 99 percent agrees with the remedies needed to correct the ills facing America. To obtain the agreement of the 99 percent, the occupiers need a document that sets forth their principles and the change they identified to serve as a lynchpin. In this way, the occupiers will be able to gather the strength gained from engaging so many people to push the needed change forward.See More
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What now, after the protest?
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 13:00 13 Comments 1 Like
A force occupies a territory or a situation in order to produce some kind of desired change. In time the occupy movement will have to address the establishment with some specific demands for change and a clear expectation of compliance by the establishment.
The fact that the movement favours decisions to be the outcome of consensus puts us at a bit of a disadvantage. It means that time is needed to understand underlying issues in order to appreciate why specific demands are chosen. Is…
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Posted on January 23, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments 0 Likes
80% of all the food we eat goes to maintaining the physical body.
With the remaining 20% we have to find more food and build civilizations.
Civilization is only possible because our species can build on the achievements of previous generations. This capacity to use inherited knowledge is one of the defining features of our species. We are a time-binding species according to Alfred Korzybski---founder of a…
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Make More of Mumble Meeting MMOMM (Tuesday)
May 21, 2013 from 7pm to 8pm – Mumble Server
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Irish Mumble Meeting (Friday)
May 24, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm – Mumble Server 7-9pGMT+1
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Nature Isn't Silly
Posted by Barb Dwyer on May 16, 2013 at 2:30 2 Comments 0 Likes
Where to begin…first - I apologize for this being so LONG everyone knows I hate wordy drawn out blogs so ... karma? Who knows.
There’s a small retaining pond behind the college apartments. I go back there several times a day; it’s a good area that forces me to have a bit of a walk. …
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15th Official Toronto Marijuana March
Posted by TerryX on May 11, 2013 at 14:26 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Importance Of Reverse Phone Lookup.
Posted by Valentin Stokes on May 3, 2013 at 13:27 0 Comments 0 Likes
The first three digits of the phone number would also help them locate the owner of the phone number. The thing is that if they had just run a phone number lookup, they could have found each other! Before you get any ideas, let me tell you that these sites are perfectly legal and also offer their services free of cost. This happens to many different people all over the world and many of them don't know how they can identify these pranksters. It's extremely… Continue
We are supposed to be in this together!
Posted by Nette Mom on April 26, 2013 at 20:55 0 Comments 0 Likes
I was just endiing a campaign in Michigan against our Governor, and wondered what more was out there, what more can I do to help make my country the place I used to love, when I stumbled across a thing called Livestream, where people with the same purpose (supposedly) or like mindness could come together, chat, discuss, plan, and act and I was to say the least, excited. I started chatting and made so many friends and it was then I realized, that I had been wrapped up in my own small…
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