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Roger Farinha

Founder, New American Spring

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Is the United States ripe for a new populist awakening?

The Tea Party, The Coffee Party, Occupy Wall Street: Our united states is evidencing (presently amorphous) populist convulsions--a seeming awakening of the people to the need to reclaim the reigns of democratic power. What might a mature populist awakening look like?

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  • george lockwood 30+

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    Nov 15 2012: roger this is a good point. It's happened before. We have so many bubbles and scams now Maybe that's always been true advertising and manipulation are so much better.

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