Forum Post: message to the 1%

Dear Sirs, I don’t demonize you or blame you for all of America’s problems. I think it is unfortunate when this movement get’s characterized as the 99% against the 1%. I’m not against you. I think you’re probably a decent, intelligent human being who’s trying to do their job well (I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt). My message is this: The times are changing. The American people are fed up. This last recession has made clear what has been dawning on us for the last one hundred years or so: Our corporations and financial institutions aren’t working for the American people – the consumers. They aren’t set up to. Our country is being looted and the standard of living for 99% of us is going downhill. Trickle-down economics is a bankrupt idea. You’re not creating jobs; you’re creating debt based on someone else’s productivity, then selling it and getting rich. The new economic paradigm is going to be about conscious cooperation and mutual support. If you are a caring person and can sense what’s coming, quit your job now, give your last bonus to charity, and live out the rest of your life in happiness and prosperity.
The greatest happiness comes when others around you are happy too, and the greatest wealth is social and spiritual wealth. Being in the top 1% can’t buy you these things. Quit your job, join the Occupy movement.
Sincerely, Peter