The First (of many) Ideas – Campaign Finance Reform

The changing face of our political world is something we’re all concerned with. I’ve yet to talk with a Democrat or Republican that agrees with the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling; which allows for unlimited contributions to political campaigns via superPACS and non-profit organizations. Still, we’ve focused only on the problems Citizens United has created and are […]

A Quick Update

In a rush to publish some content for our audience we’ve – purposely – allowed ourselves to get off track a little bit with what we intend this site to be. This site came to exist in a matter of days, after months were spent discussing its focus. We chose not to have backlogs of writings we could use for blog posts so that all of our entries would feel current. Every thing we’ve posted on AnonGen (that is not source-linked) provides a fresh take on our subject-choice’s context. We’ll get back to expanding idea’s, but for now we wanted to make sure our audience wasn’t just clicking to read a single post. As the Home Page explains, we want this site to be about connecting on all levels; not just economic and political commentary.

Exponential Potential if Occupy Could Solidify

The theory of non-violence is both an underrated and overrated starting point for protest. Gene Sharp’s “The Politics of Nonviolent Action” provides us with a comprehensive list of methods usable to achieve an ultimate political goal by utilizing a specific model of non-compliance. The effectiveness of the methods being used is not in question; however, […]

It’s Time To Create An OccuParty

Like it or not, our current government SYSTEM (read: not our government OFFICIALS) represents the best opportunity for addressing our grievances. It also happens to represent the route Americans are most likely to get on board with.

Freedom vs. Society

Then we started asking a deeper question; what is freedom? How can we define something so inundated with ideology and personal opinion? I think both of us were a bit bewildered that something as simple as the idea of freedom is – almost – impossible to define for another.