Forum Post: explain OWS to me
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 17, 2011, 4:29 p.m. EST by curiousOWS
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OWS now occupies media. Congratulations. now...What do you want? Don't be vague, that accomplishes nothing. Tell me the names of the people you don't like. Tell me the precise laws "Title 25, Section 8, xxx" that need to be changed. Otherwise, nobody can solve your problems. Your holding downtown manhattan (my workplace) hostage without a clear demand. and everyone is listening to you, so demand something. you can't hold someone hostage and say "I WANT MONEY". They're bound to ask "Exactly how much?" and you should say "$100 million" or a precise amount. You won't say "A LOT OF MONEY." Are you catchign my drift? If there's an exact focus that can help you, please tell me so I can help.
END THE FED is my personal vote, it's a good start, reinstate the government issued Greenback......
Still too vague c'mon, pick one thing, just to get the foot in the door, if no one else does I will......."this needs to be stopped"...is not a demand.....many things need to be changed, but lets start with ONE........so which one?
Read the Declaration of the Occupation and the Principles of Solidarity, they been online for months at http://nycga.net
Corporations are not individual citizens...In 2010, Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 50 (2010), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment. That is, corporations now have a basic right assured under the constitution to provide funding for political ads and other communications during elections.
Both of these cases revolved around whether corporations could exercise free speech of a political nature in the same way as individual citizens (i.e. that it would be protected under the First Amendment), or whether they should be bound by more limited commercial rights. Citizens United came out in favour of the former, yet it is not clear to what extent this can be inferred to present corporations with broader protections of citizenship. THIS NEEDS TO BE STOPPED!!! GREED will ruin what is left of our decaying country, USA and the world...
It's like... Ya know.. About fairness and stuff. Like I saw a guy buying a taco off of a cart and he had money and there was this like homeless guy who didn't have any. You know, the American dream. The system has failed. The rich have all the money and, ya know, don't like want to share it. We have to end greed!
That's about the long and short of it! Possibly the best explaination that you'll get from this set!
New motto for OWS..
"This is what hypocrisy looks like!"