Wall Street Exec LEADS OccupyWallStreet March Today, Speech in Front of Trump Building!

[kpete]

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[Citizen Worker]

1. A narrow definition of democracy. For instance, citizen participation, in this piece, is limited to

consuming news and voting. In the current day were you to ask someone's definition of democracy, which I frequently do, you might hear, "well, I vote and pay taxes." Consumption of news has been replaced by taxes as part of the definition. I have then asked people about their feelings on how our tax dollars are spent, what that person thinks about it, etc. Oftentimes this question is met with a quizzical expression. By the way, the people I query are college students.

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Posted may times over the years . . .

Democracy is a state where:

• Citizenship is universal. Each person born within the boundaries of the state is a citizen, as is one born abroad to at least one citizen parent or who swears allegiance to the state in a rite of naturalization.
• Citizenship is equal. Each citizen has an equal opportunity to participate in and influence public affairs. Every adult citizen shall be enfranchised with the right to vote. Decisions are made by a majority voting based on the principle of one man/one vote.
• Citizenship is inalienable. A guaranteed set of civil liberties is in place to assure full and open public discourse of civic affairs. No citizen may be stripped of his citizenship or otherwise punished by the state for expressing any point of view, no matter how unpopular or even absurd.