Quote:I think that we should leave this out of Fenspace personally. It's a potentially divisive topic that, given the open and generally pioneer element of Fenspace, wouldn't have any reason to develop.
I tend to disagree. There are ways & means for Occupy or something like it (Occupy being largely an American movement) to start in Fenspace. For example, there's a strong potential for a Belt-based protest movement springing up due to Rockhounds' de facto monopoly on the heavy metals trade with Earth, shutting out independent prospectors. Environmental movements could protest based on objections to terraforming Mars, which are almost cliche since Kim Robinson but it's still a possibility. Pacifists of all stripes protesting the increased militarism of Fenspace. And so it goes.
Frontiers aren't - have never been! - politically harmonious, and I don't see why Fenspace would be different in that respect. Now, would Occupy show up in Fenspace? Probably not to a huge degree. LIS, it's an American movement so it'd be restricted to areas that are explicitly part of the American zone in Fenspace: Greenwood and Port Luna. Perhaps a little financial backing (plus sandwiches, tea and kvass) coming from undisclosed sources in the Kandor City area. And on that note...
edit: you know what fuck this I don't feel like playing one-up-the-smug this week, forget I said anything and let Rhodes' too cool for school act stand.
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