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38 degrees petition against the bankers: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/banking-inquiry-petition
every little helps!
every little helps!
This is specifically a UK thing and petitions have had some success here in the UK for example in opposing the sell off of forests and the National Health service
However whats more important than any direct result is the effect such things have on perceptions as this is a war of perceptions
Taking a bank by force would be pretty stupid i wouldn't recommend that approach; I'd recommend taking your money out of the bank and puting it into a community credit union anyway
Just the act of me posting this petition is helping to spread awareness and in so doing is playing a part however small in the battle of perceptions. The internet is allowing the people to push back in the battle for perceptions against the corporate media
The reality is that for real gains to be made there needs to be a critical mass of people switched on in terms of how they are perceiving what is happening and for that to happen there has to be a global movement of raising awareness and that is occuring hence all the protests around the world
Also i've been debating with you on and off for over 3 years now @Billy and look at how the perceptions have changed in that time. People are discussing things now that they weren't before. The change is gradual but is happening
3 years isn't much. In the last 60 years the wealth has concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Awareness is BS, i'm sorry.. but it is. If you really want to see some changes you have to do more. Start a donation center to build a war chest, or take a bank and make global news if you want awareness. Online petitions are utterly useless.
The only way to bring the bankers and politicians to their knees is for everyone to pull their money out of banking institutions. Shit, our mattresses will pay nearly as much interest on our money as a bank, and it isn't corrupt.
Politicians around the world are on the side of the bankers. Their motions of banking reform are nothing more than a dog and pony show meant to keep the common folk distracted. "Look at this shiny thing!"
Scenario:
Someone hands me a paper that says 1,000,000 people dont like me for reasons X, Y, and Z. Yet they keep giving me money and I keep getting rich.
Result:
I dont give a shit what the paper says.
In fact, I dont give a shit what the papers said even if I wasnt getting rich.
I agree.
However, one of the points of a petition is that you get to be face to face with an individual to discuss the situation. Identifying leaders, being able to actually convince some fence sitters, and inspire people with your enthusiam/charm/what-have-you. Online petitioning really misses the point in my opinion.
Also, what is an "MP" according to the petition?
Also, what is an "MP" according to the petition?
An MP is a member of parliament
Thanks! I was wondering myself, and doing a search on Google didn't help me much either.
:nod: :thumb:It might also stand for 'massive pr@*k'
Politics is a word made from two words: 'poly' meaning many and 'ticks' which are blood sucking insects
An MP is a member of parliament
Online petitions are as much to do with awareness as anything else. The corporate media does its best to distract people from the important issues so any alternative sources of info for the public can only be a good thing
The system has got so many people wrapped up in various stuff that not everyone has the time or energy to create that kind of public upswell so these various online groups are doing a pretty good job of bringing issues to the fore
I disagree . I think it's making everyone take the role of "educator" instead of doing the hard footwork. People need to make a sacrifice sometimes but the change agents are taking the easy way out these days. That's you infjs, get it together.