Clouds over Braintree, 27.10 - almost made it worth going... |
As the banks and the money-grubbers have proven themselves - again - totally incapable of taking care of our savings, would it be such a crazy idea to suggest a credit union for Colchester? Then, rather than going into nebulous and nefarious projects in far corners of the world or banker's bonuses for supposedly conferring on us the benefit of their administration, the reward for our labour could go back into our own town, encouraging much needed urban regeneration. The union could provide jobs for local people who would take an interest in what they were being asked to do.
Very many people have theorised about what is wrong with the present system and what could be done with it, to the point of calling for armed revolution. It seems to me that if we were all to withdraw our money from the banks at the same time, the effect would be very much greater than any kind of massed protest might have otherwise, and hit those who would appoint themselves the management of humanity PLC where it hurts - in the wallet! The emphasis would then be on us to do something constructive with that capital, which might force us to take a bit of responsibility for our own lives, rather than wallow in the collective apathy to which corporate interests have lulled us. It is scary, but we could do it...
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