Forum Post: Doing report on OWS
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 21, 2011, 3:08 a.m. EST by b00n96
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from Los Angeles, CA
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Besides getting more jobs and taxing rich more, what else are you protesting about?
http://www.nycga.net/resources/declaration/
That sums it up straight from the horses mouth.
The story of the movement is that, as is now common knowledge, corporate interests have become the government and it is the people's responsibility to restore democracy. The theme is to illustrate that democracy can function if people participate and educate themselves in the process (thus the General Assembly replacing a traditional hierarchical leadership model).
Corporations having a vast amount of control over our political system.
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?snapid=S295123IXdB this is in the raw -emails. the poll is still active. this is a snapshot as of the last timestamp.
Corruption on Wall Street. Mortgage fraud by banks that has gone unprosecuted.
Matt Taibbi is a writer who gets it, read these:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-isnt-wall-street-in-jail-20110216
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/my-advice-to-the-occupy-wall-street-protesters-20111012
Basically, they're just mad because they're not rich. And whenever there's a banking scandal, no matter how small, that gives them an excuse to protest.
And you're bitter because you're not intelligent. Troll much?