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Thank you.
Until martial law is declared. Kidding aside, I take the long view. We effect change. Should events not go our way, we continue. We never, never ever give up. And neither will they.
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I'm certainly not advocating giving up. My point is that any institutional change in any organization can be only be effected until it hits a point of no return, at which time the options all disappear with the exception of a complete reset. How far do you think we are from the point where the only option is a reset? A reset being a catastrophic event, be it an outside attack like 9/11 that pulls everyone back to the center or a civil war? (Which I pray never happens)
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How long would it take to retrain writers and producers and get a TV show on air? A dozen different educational initiatives and town halls (in each state) could start in less than six weeks; within six months, in each county. I estimate that it will take two years to fully retrain the GOP and begin effecting real change in the party. Remember, the Tea Party movement was up and surging in less than six weeks.
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Yes, the Tea Party movement was up and surging very quickly, but it wasn't sustainable because it was fueled by the emotions of the moment. The same is true of OWS. To effect the kind of change that we need, something would have to be built that was sustainable for the long term. IMO the reason we are where we are is due to the combination of early education pushing a liberal world view reinforced by the MSM's slant. I think the education of America would have to start with Schoolhouse Rock type messaging to late elementary/early middle school kids, followed by educational programming and a balanced MSM...which I don't see happening, even if there were an investor that dumped multi-billions into the campaign.
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Yes. See #1.
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Someone with funds would need to craft a plan, gather planners to refine the plan, gather organizers in every state to grow the organization and implement the plan. It is UW. Read Mao, Uncle Ho, and the old SF Operations and Techniques manual.
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I've read them. Assuming the funding is there, I agree that it would have to be a highly organized effort. Again the question is time. Do we have time to plan and execute that type of operation before we hit the point of no return I mentioned above? I'm skeptical.
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Secession. Certainly don't want to go there and do not actually see that happening in any of our lifetimes. Lets concentrate on what we can do to prevent 'possibilities' from occurring.
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I was looking for ways to accelerate the operation prior to the point of no return which would have secession as one of the first signals we had reached that point. How do you get complicated educational messages across to a population that has a steady reduction in attention span and overall literacy?
I'm trying to be argumentative only for the sake of the discussion. You certainly are raising valid points throughout.
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