Forum Post: in one sentence, why do you occupy? it's been said before but renew your commitment and position
Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 8, 2011, 9:28 p.m. EST by sjlowe
(0)
This content is user submitted and not an official statement
Speak out--why do you occupy? why do you support the occupation? one sentence or less? what angers you?
Because I'm tired of watching honest people be sold up the creek for corporate greed.
because I can close my eyes to anything
but injustice.
Because our politicians represent the corporations/special interests and not the American people.
so occupy the politicians
i hope to see a lot more of the mic checking at press conferences and rallies. that is quite possibly the most powerful thing i have ever seen aside from my sons birth.
Bingo! We should not be surprised at Wall Streets behavior. We should expect skunks to act like skunks. But for our "representatives" to act as they have is something entirely different. Here's my 2 cents you may have seen posted elsewhere:
There are a lot of improvements that need to be made. The list reforms people Americans want to see is long and varied depending on who you talk to. That said, I believe there is one reform that would provide the American people the best chances of seeing other meaningful reforms actually happen - that is REAL, loop-hope free CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM! I have seen others on this site calling this the "fulcrum" or pivotal issue. Right now the current legalized bribery, pay-to-play system of campaign donations and paid lobbyists has disenfranchised the American voter. Until this is fixed, any other reform the politicians may try to placate us with (be it a change to healthcare, clamping down predatory school loans, new financial regulations, etc.) will be about as effective as a farmer putting a new roof on his CHICKEN COOP, but still letting the FOX guard it.
We need to go back to the original political currency. Instead of the current system of who can collect the most money from corporations and special interests it should be who has the BEST IDEAS to EFFECTIVELY RUN THE COUNTRY (we don't need "Wealth Redistribution," what we need is "Political Influence Redistribution")!
For the sake our our children and future generations of Americans, we need to take back our democracy from the rich and powerful who are using their vast sums of money to "speak" as if they represent millions of Americans. This "Corporate Personhood" that has crept into our laws is allowing them to manipulating our policies in their favor at the expense of the average American (the recent "Citizens United" Supreme Court ruling is a miscarriage of justice and must be reversed. The $50 or $100 a normal American may give to a political campaign becomes meaningless when corporations or other special interests are handing our millions to buy political access to the decision making process.
For decades now the corporations and special interests have had our "representatives" bought and paid for (both on the right and the left). Concentrating our efforts on getting the money out of our politics is the best way we can create an environment in which further reforms can be realized. Until we end the current system of legalized bribery (campaign donations) and paid lobbying our politicians will continue to be the LAP DOGS of the corporations and special interests. What we need first and foremost is real, loop-hole free CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM!!!! If the corruption is not dealt with first, the chance of any other meaningful reforms becoming a reality is almost zero - the special interests will just use their money to buy votes and put forward bills that create loop-holes or otherwise twist the law in their favor. If we want our children to live in a country where there vote matters, we need to get the money out of our politics, otherwise they will increasingly become the 21st century version of the "landless peasant." Spread the word - End the LEGALIZED BRIBERY!!! CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM needs to be THE main goal of the protests!!!
Why occupy? Why not? In the film The Wild One, Brando is asked, "Johnny, what are you rebelling against?" To which he replies, "Whatta ya got?"
http://occupywallst.org/forum/dont-understand-occupy-wall-street/
Because I'm bored and don't want to work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mkRFCtl2MI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EewGMBOB4Gg
http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/
http://blog.thezeitgeistmovement.com/
http://www.thevenusproject.com/
Because I am a loser - who blames everyone else for my shortcomings. I have hallucinations about how I wish the world to be and expect everyone else to agree with me on how we should make the changes necessary for me to realize my Utopian hallucination dream ! I am willing to use force to accomplish my goals. I am willing to crap in a public park to get attention to this cause
That's more than one sentence...
aries read about my vision of utopia www.nationalday911.org