Notes for the “Occupy” Movement
Posted by steve2wryt on 28 October 11
Hello,
Just wanted to put my two cents in, though I’m sure you really won’t care…
Firstly: I’m glad you’re calling this an “occupation,” since many of you are getting paid by your unions to be out there, and others of you are professional protesters. That this is what you do for a living is clearly evident. Of course, there are some out there that are not getting paid, but every movement needs dupes.
Secondly: That you purport to speak for the “99%” of us out here that are not in the upper income bracket is a joke. In fact, I find it offensive that you claim to speak for anyone other than yourselves. Please stop with the “We are the 99%” garbage. I’d wager, after listening to a few of your leaders spout their rhetoric, you might represent 1% of the fringe of the far left.
Thirdly: Most hardworking Americans want to get money from the rich the old fashioned way, by providing them a product or service that they are willing to pay good money to get.
Fourthly: You are protesting the wrong group. The present financial crisis was created by Washington bureaucrats who were trying to gain the system to get more people into home ownership. A laudable goal, to be sure, but when the means to this end consists of making it possible for anyone above room temperature to get a 110% mortgage at the height of a real estate bubble, seems to me somewhat problematic. When the inevitable defaults on these loans began, and all the devices that were backed by them failed, instead of blaming the perpetrators of the error (the politicians and “activists” who pushed for the rule changes), you march on Wall Street. Of course, you don’t really care about the truth, you just hate capitalism.
Fifthly: Every political or economic system is unfair. Even in your cute little “General Assembly” consensus there are people who disagree with the consensus. Is it “fair” that the individual has to bow to the tyranny of the mob? Consensus is more often about who can bully everyone else into agreeing with them than it is about finding agreement.
Lastly: Well, I could go on and on, but…for the sake of brevity, I, and many many others out here in the community, are going back to work today. That is in essence our way of saying, “no, we don’t’ agree with your occupation.” At some point or another you are going to realize that most people think you are sad and pathetic. At that point you are going to have to make a decision. See, the only way you can really make your neo-Marxist dream come true, is by holding a gun to everyone’s head and saying, “You’re either with us, or against us.” Thousands of people stream across the southern border of this great nation looking for opportunity. I suppose one way to get them to stop would be to turn it into the kind of thug-ocracy they are trying to escape.
Oh look, it’s snowing!
