Friday, October 14, 2011
Finally, protesters issue a proposed platform
Most of the ideas are screwy. But some aren't. ... Interesting. ... No idea if this is legitimate or representative of the Occupy movement.
P.S. -- I like points 5., 7., 8., 9., and 16, partly or entirely. ... Five out of 20 ain't that bad.
Update - 10.15.11 -- Mark Cuban announces his own list of priorities for OWS. Many of them are pretty damn good, cutting right to the heart of the rigged financial system.
Update II - 10.15.11 -- Via Reader No. 1, here's a libertarian's take on the protesters:
Most of the ideas are screwy. But some aren't. ... Interesting. ... No idea if this is legitimate or representative of the Occupy movement.
P.S. -- I like points 5., 7., 8., 9., and 16, partly or entirely. ... Five out of 20 ain't that bad.
Update - 10.15.11 -- Mark Cuban announces his own list of priorities for OWS. Many of them are pretty damn good, cutting right to the heart of the rigged financial system.
Update II - 10.15.11 -- Via Reader No. 1, here's a libertarian's take on the protesters:
Mocking them is easy; but here at home, the problem of crony capitalism is in fact eating away at our civic entrails. Leftists willing to grapple with this malignancy should be welcomed, if only for the potential seriousness of their efforts.I wonder what would happen if some serious-minded Tea Party and OWS types got together to hammer out an agreed-upon plan of action. I think they'd find a little bit more common ground than they might realize. There's going to be no consensus, ever, on a single-payer health care system or on eliminating private money from campaigns. But there are some points of convergence worth exploring.
As the more thoughtful 68ers eventually discovered, the idea of reforming government by expanding it is a circular dead end.
