The way I see it, when it all comes down to the basics, they shit the same way I do.
I'm not part of this movement, but I'm proud of the people who are.
There ARE stupid things about it, no doubt. But the premise of the movement is hard to argue with. There IS the 99 per cent. Then there's the one per cent. And our young people, thank God for them, have basically done what WE wouldn't do.
The 99 per cent is taking on the one per cent.
Good for them.
Aren't the 99% basically saying to the 1%, "You've worked hard and made lots of money, now give me some of it so I can be something more than normal!" ???
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No, I don't think so, Stace. I think the 99 per cent are telling the one per cent that they should fuck off and die. That the Ritchie Riches have been treated like they have platinum shit for so long, and they've been paying the bill for this silver spoon in mouth crap for so long that they are saying, we've had enough! And kicked them in the gonads. The one per cent haven't "earned" a cent. They haven't worked hard. The 99 per cent has. The one per cent hasn't lifted a finger.
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ReplyDeleteI am not in this "occupy"-thing, here from Franconia / Germany I can not say something useful about it. As I understand it is all about solidarity and how the state is to function - and of course the society.
We saw a lot of idiots over the last years who simply filled their pockets with money, and when their fraudulent schemes crashed the state had to jump in and give money to "save" these oh so important, "system relevant" institutions. Mostly banks.
As I understand here in Europe the occupy-movement has no folowership, simply because the state - each national one and the developing european one - has an other attitude to handling money, and has an idea about what it has to do, what its job is. we are here far away from american or maybe Canadian situations, but sadly enough coming closer to it at a fast pace.
Anyway, capitalism has to change, that is a fact. And as I understand from what I hear and see here, things will not improve or get better. The dollar will go down the drain and the reactionary forces with their simple concepts will win: the american society has no idea about solidarity, and anything only slightly "leftish" is considered dangerous: Most people have no idea and still think in the old patterns of "Here the Good West" - "There the Evil Communists". There is no "res publica", there is no "bonum comune". And when I listen to the conservative candidates I have to vomit: This Gingrich bloke, who imho will become the conservative candidate, is a rotten immoral perv, Nixon class.
63Mago: On the contrary, I think your different perspective I think you can say something VERY useful about it. The point is, things must change. The one per cent have given themselves everything. The 99 per cent have much less. It's the worker ants in an ant colony deciding they've had it. While the queen stays inside the complete safety of the colony, totally protected and insulated by the worker ants, they've decided that this is no longer fair. Barf is right. Be well.
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