Impotence? What do you want? Thousands of people to occupy wall street for weeks? Violence? Business like advertising?
It's a real bummer that you can be so demoralized by what people 'seem' to be doing.
I'm glad you can vent on the internet though.
It's a real bummer that you can be so demoralized by what people 'seem' to be doing.
I'm glad you can vent on the internet though.
All of that broke down when the banks/insurance companies preemptively broke Glass-Steagall.
Instead of, you know, just a bunch of people whining about how horrible things are in a world where being a member of the economically disadvantaged majority means owning a satchel full of luxury electronics like ipads, macbooks, and DSLRs.
If you want to see something come out of this, you need to be that something. You need to go down there and find people like you and make something happen.
Pretending like the occupation is pointless, or even counter productive, is missing the point. It's about you. What do you have to say? What are you dissatisfied with? Go down there and find people who are willing to get out of their houses and try to do something about it.
I don't believe that. I think regulation, excessive taxation, and excessive government spending are at the core of our problems, and even a major contributor to the growing disparity of wealth. I think we would be better off with a smaller government, less taxation, and greater individual personal responsibility. I think we'd be better off with a degree of regulation that encouraged individual saving, entrepreneurism, and self-reliance. I don't think people understand how so much of our labor laws and regulations actually increase the power and entrenchment of big corporations. I'd rather see a world where the average worker has little debt (other than real-estate), tends towards freelancing or self-employment, has much more control of their own career advancement, and works as many hours as they want depending on their personal choice of balance of income vs. free time. And I see the "occupy wallstreet" / "99%" demonstrators and their incoherent whining as being actively detrimental toward progress in that direction.
That said, I still support their right to protest peacefully.
Sorry.