Now, I am just as upset as the next person about folks on Wall Street manipulating their way to making a billion dollars per year [yes about a couple dozen hedge fund managers did that last year], and about the nefarious ways of using other folks' money to enrich oneself. However, the thinking behind the strategy of camping out on public property as a protest against Wall Street always eluded me. It's Occupy Wall Street, not? So while the initial protestors moved on to more effective actions, the Occupy Boulder folks became a group of unemployed and homeless squatters who pooped and peed on public property and even stole the electricity intended for the holiday decorations. Basically, they were having virtually no effect on Wall Street while requiring that my tax dollars be used for extra law enforcement [drugs, assaults, etc.] and cleaning up their mess. My suggestion would be that they should be occupying the local banks that are representatives of the biggest miscreants on Wall Street. And at least some folks are thinking the same way, the irony of which is humorous [Move On/Soros/Billionaire]
Make Wall Street Pay: Thursday in Boulder |
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At most the left can demand a "more" activist and progressive government, but how enthusiastic can protesters be about calling for more authority and more power for the existing system? That is why OWS was basically incoherent, it was little more than a loincloth for the naked emperor already sitting on his throne and looking for the plebes to cry out for more chains.
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Someone once said, "The difference between genius and stupidity is there is a limit to genius."
ReplyDeleteBTW, if you happen to have to pass by an encampment, be as careful as you would crossing a cow pasture lest you step in any "occu-pies."
Occu-pies - LOL - good one!!
ReplyDeleteOne thing that has been really, REALLY overlooked is that corporate power can be controlled. The power of corporations had been recognized as a potential threat back in the 19th century and state laws governing charters of corporations could be written to contain that power. For example, a corporation could be limited to doing only one type of business. If that business was to build washing machines, the corporation could be limited to that and not be permitted to branch out into financing or banking. That would eliminate the interconnectedness and total control that a few huge corporations exert over entire industries. I don't expect that many people know that, especially the bearded OWSer pooping outside his tent (or on a police car as that famous internet picture showed).
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