Revolution against big bad FS companies - is now the time for a Spring Rebirth?

2sides2everystory

I have just been watching a programme on BBC News entitled Revolution 2011.

They are discussing how we may have reached a point in history where Social Networks / Media have enabled protests against wrongs in our world to go viral and go good like never before.

The programme and commentators reminded viewers how basically the vast majority of citizens of all countries basically want to lead good lives, and they can change their countries and their country's economy by joining together in protest aided by the internet as a vehicle.

Many problem corporate ecomomies are bigger than the countries involved in the models we have all witnessed for Revolution 2011 so far.

Might it then also be possible to quickly bring down corporate rogue economies based on obscene greed and cause them to be run in publicly better ways in very much the same ways as Tunisia, Egypt and Libya have been reborn?

There must surely be a fine line between what it takes for regime change in a country and what it takes for regime change in our Financial Services industry?

zppp

2sides2everystory wrote: »

I have just been watching a programme on BBC News entitled Revolution 2011.

They are discussing how we may have reached a point in history where Social Networks / Media have enabled protests against wrongs in our world to go viral and go good like never before.

The programme and commentators reminded viewers how basically the vast majority of citizens of all countries basically want to lead good lives, and they can change their countries and their country's economy by joining together in protest aided by the internet as a vehicle.

Many problem corporate ecomomies are bigger than the countries involved in the models we have all witnessed for Revolution 2011 so far.

Might it then also be possible to quickly bring down corporate rogue economies based on obscene greed and cause them to be run in publicly better ways in very much the same ways as Tunisia, Egypt and Libya have been reborn?

There must surely be a fine line between what it takes for regime change in a country and what it takes for regime change in our Financial Services industry?

Here we go again...

De ja vu anyone? :rotfl:

2sides2everystory

Isn't that the point? If you've already seen the idea promoted elsewhere then maybe if you represent a big bad FS company you'd better shape up or ship out.

pmduk

Isn't this what we call democracy?

2sides2everystory

Isn't this what we call democracy?

It is democracy with a big difference - it has internet-assisted i.e. social-network-assisted inertia and is therefore far less prone to the apathy that has allowed bad things to persist for decades previously.

MSE itself is a pretty good example - look how our politicians have clambered onboard and tapped-in variously now they see that MSE has unstoppable critical mass.