US83 - Occupy Local Politics First
| We should Occupy Local Politics to start Free Towns by running our own candidates for town and county offices, like FSP. | |
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The Federal govt is becoming the enemy of the common people, so we need to protect ourselves and our loved ones by getting power locally, then state-wide, like the Free State Project is hoping to do in New Hampshire. That seems to be the only realistic option for reforming the federal govt, i.e. by starting locally and working our way to the top. The greed-infected top bankers and corporatists may be planning to cause hyperinflation sooner or later in order to make real estate cheap for them to take away from more people, similar to bank foreclosures. This would lead to economic collapse, like in 1923 Germany, which led to the rise of Nazis and fascism, which may be planned for the U.S. too. If we gain political power locally and in states, we may be able to thwart such schemes.
A key part of this Free Town Project should be using win-win process, which means seeking solutions that satisfy all sides' concerns, instead of just a majority or special interests. That's the only way to have truly representative govt. The U.S. tried something similar, i.e. unanimous rule, under the Articles of Confederation, before adopting the Constitution, but they didn't have enough experience then to make it work. Win-Win should make our candidates more popular, since voters should realize it's better to have win-win supporters in office, because they will seek to satisfy all voters' concerns. Win-Win is like consensus decision making, which some Spanish Occupiers are using, I believe.
A key part of this Free Town Project should be using win-win process, which means seeking solutions that satisfy all sides' concerns, instead of just a majority or special interests. That's the only way to have truly representative govt. The U.S. tried something similar, i.e. unanimous rule, under the Articles of Confederation, before adopting the Constitution, but they didn't have enough experience then to make it work. Win-Win should make our candidates more popular, since voters should realize it's better to have win-win supporters in office, because they will seek to satisfy all voters' concerns. Win-Win is like consensus decision making, which some Spanish Occupiers are using, I believe.
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