<div dir="ltr">As this "movement" started in the US, I'll speak from my American perspective. Next year, 1/3 of the Senate (33), all of the House of Representatives (435), the Presidency, 11 governorships and countless seats in state assemblies and municipal governments will go up for election. The Occupy this and that business is just a waste of potential. The way to create real change is to hold power in the system, and that can only happen if you actually run for an elected office. You only have to be 25 to be a Congressman, 21 (in most states) to be in the state assembly or 30 to be a senator. It's quite obvious the idealism is there, but it has to be channeled into constructive political action.<br>
<br>I empathize with the basic frustration with the system, but I took my frustration and decided to run for the district 86 seat in the Florida State House of Representatives from the Florida Pirate Party. We need to get people off Wall Street and on the campaign trail if we're actually going to accomplish anything.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 20:13, Aleksandar Blagojević <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:piratska.partija.srbije@gmail.com">piratska.partija.srbije@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello pirates, </div><div><br></div>I think that this "classic" revolutions are not more than feeding the trolls.<div>We are in the middle of intellectual revolution and idea communication. Personally, I do not have time for this shit. </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>cheerz!</div><div><br></div><div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Martin Rieth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin.rieth@piratenpartei-goettingen.de" target="_blank">martin.rieth@piratenpartei-goettingen.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi there, PPI, Thomas Gaul, BuVo-PP-Deutschland,<br>
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next saturday (15.Octobre) a demonstration around the globe is planned<br>
against financial exploitation of every human and every part of nature.<br>
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<a href="http://15october.net/" target="_blank">http://15october.net/</a><br>
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Is there any action planned on the ppi or ppi-de?<br>
I think this a very good example, of when and where the ppi should make<br>
a statement.<br>
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:: Please make one NOW!<br>
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Please call for participation on a multi-national level!<br>
Make a statement that currently we are the only party able to make!<br>
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I say 42, Martin Rieth (PiratenPartei Göttingen, Germany)<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></div></div><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><i><font color="#999999">Cordially, </font></i><i><font color="#999999"><br></font></i><a href="http://blaeks.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><i><font color="#999999">Aleksandar Blagojević aka blaeks</font></i></a><i><font color="#999999"><br>
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</font></i><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_of_Serbia" target="_blank"><i><font color="#999999">founder of Pirate party of Serbia</font></i></a><br></div><div><br></div> </div><br>
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