Forum Post: Clueless mob
Posted 12 years ago on Oct. 7, 2011, 2:24 p.m. EST by ExitWallStreet
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With the exception of a few outliers you guys are young.
You are not an enlightened few. You are inexperienced and lack perspective.
You are frustrated but are misguided on how to effect change.
You have little understanding of how Wall Street, nor how the economy works.
You like to complain but you won't do what really counts, like vote.
You guys are draining New York's resources.
Wall Street is full of small businesses and regular residents you are making their lives inconvenient.
Let's examine your points, Exit.
---most here are young, not enlightened, inexperienced and lack perspective, frustrated and misguided on how to effect change.
Comment: To some degree this may be true, but these individuals(for all their alleged faults) have one thing(AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING) right . . . they have successfully identified the main impediment to a better life for most in America, and that is the Wall Street Banksters.
Charge: They have little understanding of how Wall Street or the economy works.
Comment: I think they can easily see how Wall Street benefits the very wealthiest(particularly the top 1%) at the expense of the middle and lower classes. The same applying with respect to the economy.
Charge: They don't vote.
Comment: True in many instances, but also understandable. There is considerable evidence that vote rigging is still pervasive. See links below for more info on that. http://www.blackboxvoting.org http://www.votetrustusa.org http://www.verifiedvoting.org
Charge: They are draining New York's resources.
Comment: If New York wants to harbor and coddle thugs in 3 piece suits(1%), then be prepared to pay the consequences.
Charge: Wall Street is full of small businesses and regular residents. You are making their lives inconvenient.
Comment: To live in the Wall Street area you have to have a very high income. I think the protests should strive to inconvenience working people as much as possible, but sometimes this can't be avoided. The betterment of the society as a whole is more important than the inconveniencing of a few.
I have spoken. ; )
Corrections:
Meant to say, if New York wants to harbor and coddle thugs, then IT should be prepared to pay the consequences. Also ,meant to say to inconvenience working people as LITTLE as possible.
Then I guess we will figure it out.
"Draining New York's resources" yea, no, New York deals with protests and large events all the time. If it is not one thing it will be another. IF you don't support the occupier's goals you should at least support their right to free assembly as Americans
and your method has worked so well... congrats. oh wait, everything sucks and i voted, now what?
ExitWallStreet. You should be thanking those that are willing to stand up for your future when you are too much of a coward to do it yourself.
Until the American government is elected by the voters instead of the electoral college nothing will change. As for not understanding the economy, we understand that the millions of dollars paid weekly to the executives of publicly traded corporations comes out of the pockets of all. Until corporations stop receiving welfare from the government in the guise of grants, low interest, and no interest loans, and start paying their fair share of taxes we will state that you don't understand economy works.
Being out-of-work and hungry is inconvenient too. The institution of Wall Street does not truly need a brick-and-mortar structure to function, it can exist in cyber-space, or even New Jersey, for crying out loud. The demonstration is symbolically located where it is to bring a point home. That point is, people are sick and tired of watching the privileged walk away with more than their fair share. To merely sit on the sidelines as victims is no longer an option, for those who have their backs to the wall.
Voting is business as usuall, which has only served to put those in power who got the U.S. into this mess. It's time to stop promoting "business as usuall" and start to think outside the box. Protesting and complaining about issues, is a good start, but I've yet to see any reall demands from the OWS movement. This movement lacks any mandates or clear direction that we want leadership to take. Case in point: "On October 5, the Olbermann evening news featured a reading of the Occupy Wall Street Declaration, written by protesters Ryan Hoffman and Lex Rendon. This document does not offer an analysis of the current economic crisis. Rather, it represents a laundry list of complaints, many valid and some spurious. Most important, this document contains not one concrete demand, measure, or program point on which the protesters are willing to pledge that they will be fighting for the interests of the American people. In that sense, it is a document of moral and intellectual impotence." this is a direct quote from http://tarpley.net/2011/10/07/occupy-wall-street-who-wants-to-hijack-the-movement/
Agreed, voting is the opiate of the proactive
How does Wall Street work? The economy? Plz explain it to me?
Voting doesn't do shit. That's why we are on Wall Street protesting... understand?