Forum Post: How the 99% can impact the 1%
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 29, 2011, 12:10 a.m. EST by ZBMcClure
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Today, Nov 28 2011, I received in my mail, an ad from the corporation Straight Talk wireless. Get this... the cost for 1 month of unlimited service is $45. For 1 year? $540. $45 x 12 = $540. Get it? This corporation wants you to give you the same rate no matter what! They get your $540 up front, and you get no savings! Wow! This is an example of corporate greed! This is exactly the kind of 1% thinking at the top that keeps the 99% of us POOR and oppressed. Occupiers? we need to hit these greedy corporations in the wallet. I for one, will not pay any company a nickle more, UNLESS it helps ME out too. What do you say? pass this on, and let's help them to treat the rest of us with decency and fairness...
It is about to control and to keep the system intact. The system which allow these people to live like kings and queens. Only way is constant revolution which will continue forever whenever the system is corrupt and unresponsive. There is no other way. Top 1% keeps you at constant war so you can't rebel and change the system. The idea of equality disgusts these people because they believe in their superiority.
Are you a troll? If you pay your wireless company, you get wireless phone coverage in return. That is how it helps you out. If you don't like it, there are obviously competitors. And pay month by month, considering the time value of money it is actually cheaper for you. There, you beat them at their own game.
Yes, that is what I decided...to pay the monthly rate. I don't think this Occupy Wall St thing is going to succeed...because their is no solidarity where it really matters. A bunch of people gathering is only good to get the initial attention. The next step has to be people moving there personal money, collectively in the same direction...rewarding the 1% who treat us fairly, and punishing the 1% who step on us and treat us like dirt.
If wireless service is not worth $45/month to you, then don't subscribe to that service or cancel it if you have. Maybe you can shop for a service at a lesser price... maybe something that isn't billed as "unlimited" would suit you better.
I was trying to point out how corporations use these 'deals' to get more of our money upfront, with no fair exchange of benefit to the 99% Everyone I have been talking to about this is missing the point. I feel as if I have entered a twighlight zone here. I think this movement has been taken over by the corporations and being used to dilute this movement. Too bad.
I am not anti-capitalist. I am against greed, monopoly's, and taking advantage of people's ignorance! I am for consumer choice...I am not against being rich or being a CEO of a corporation. I am against people who use that power to keep people walking a treadmill that leads to gradual poverty.