Occupy Sac State

With Wall Street starting a phenomena with their occupy Wall Street protest it seems this was the match that lit the fire.
    It is crazy enough to turn on the news and hear about what just happened down the street which you live so I found myself in amazement when something that to me was historical was occurring right at my school.
    With California state University students outraged with not only the increase of tuition sky rocketing to 3,200 a semester for a full time student it appears that the boiling point has been reached.
    Protests are being held state wide at not only my very own CSUS but dozens of other CS schools.
    However I believe an untold story in this peaceful war is how they managed to rally up so many troops.
    Not far off from our great protestors of the sixties there were no doubt's that the classic flyer approach was taken however the main source was not flyers or word of mouth but social networks.
    With Facebook post’s and e-vites being sent out and spread like wild fire the turn the turnout at occupy Sac state was overwhelming for a student protest.
    Not to mention the documentation that was provided on sight throughout the whole event.
Post’s on twitter giving the viewers an instantaneous link to the event.
    These outlets such as Utube, Twitter, Myspace and Facebook making us a part of the popular culture and letting us not only take from the trends and latest fashions but also create and give back.
    An obvious newer approach on getting people to join a cause these social networks have greater powers than most acknowledge.
    With petitions and protests being advertised through our social networking sites it gives the public an even stronger bond and makes us all the more powerful.
    Issues were being given a voice not only across the state but across the country and even the world.
    Social networking devices keeping us at arm’s length with the rest of society which made us a much stronger force as a result.
    Our country being founded on the notion that it is society that will rule that the government itself was placed here by the people and for the people.
    Creating this notion that no one person is any more powerful than the other but in this cyber world can this statement actual have generated some truth to it?
    With nothing before being powerful enough to create bounds among us things are starting to change.
    One person standing up against the norm can actually make a difference, all it takes is one post one protest e-vite and thousands of people are discovered who feel the same way and are ready to support the cause.
    Fighting to bring back television shows, attempts at overturning Bills, protesting student tuition increase the sky really is the limit.
    With this freedom that is not loaded with hidden formalities like most ideals of
Freedom we as people are able to fully put our first amendment rights to not only fight against and rebel but get thousands of followers in the matter of only a night.
    Not to mention money being raised for a cause and people being able to advertise businesses without having to pay an arm and a leg.
    The power is with the people but only if we stand united the power to create change and now that there is an easier way to bring mass amounts of people together we’re only growing more powerful.