<<“Demands are disempowering since they require someone else to respond,” said Gabriel Willow, a protester strolling past a sleeping-bag pod of young adults in the park last Monday.>>
Not only do I find that to be very insightful, but I'm encouraged and delighted to see how the movement's foot soldiers can think outside of the box. If they don't become corrupted by their new-found friends, I think we could be witnessing the birth of a new kind of politics here.
The thing that you posted that I found the most discouraging to date was how the new supporters were making speeches, which seems to be dismantling the concept of the general assembly. The general assembly seems to come from the occupiers in Madrid and Athens, but I thought it went back further, to the Columbia Student strike and the occupation of Sproul Plaza at UCLA Berkley. In any event, fuck history. The general assembly's an illustration of a new kind of politics and so is this guy.
<< “It’s not like we couldn’t come up with any, but I don’t think people would vote for them.” >>
You probably liked to post that, because it "proves" the "anti-democratic" basis of the movement, but I think if you went deeper into WHY the people would not vote for them, it would ultimately come down to MSM and its role in spreading disinformation to cement the rule of the corporate state.
