Forum Post: They are hypocrites...
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 20, 2011, 9:23 a.m. EST by AntiCorp
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If Occupy Wall Street is an Anti-Corporation movement why do I see video and images of many, many protesters wearing,and using items costing hundreds of dollars from the likes of Nike, Adidas, J.Crew, North face, Apple? I don't understand? If you are mad at banks stop using them, if you are mad at corporations don't by their products. Don't decide what $150.00 North Face jacket you are gonna wear to the Occupy Wall Street protest today and what $100.00 pair of Nike shoes look best with the jacket and what songs are you gonna listen to on your I-phone as you protest....it really doesn't look good to the masses.....hypocrites.
so true....i just don't think people really think things through...or its just something to do when bored/meet chicks/meet friends/etc at protest and other similar events ......why should i wear a company's name showing and not get paid ''free advertisement'' and i paid for to do that.
Don't fall for this psychological crap from any one percent goon. It's an obvious attempt to discredit our cause and break our will. Don't fall for it. Just follow the law and keep protesting no matter what the one percent goons say or do. Our message is vital. Below is my two cents:
We have been mislead by Reagan, Bush Sr, Clinton, Bush Jr, Obama, and nearly every other public figure. Economic growth, job creation, and actual prosperity are not necessarily a package deal. In fact, the first two are horribly misunderstood. Economic growth/loss (GDP) is little more than a measure of wealth changing hands. A transfer of currency from one party to another. The rate at which it is traded. This was up until mid ’07′ however, has never been a measure of actual prosperity. Neither has job creation. The phrase itself has been thrown around so often, and in such a generic politicali manner, that it has come to mean nothing. Of course, we need to have certain things done for the benefit of society as a whole. We need farmers, builders, manufacturers, transporters, teachers, cops, firefighters, soldiers, mechanics, sanitationi workers, doctors, managers, and visionaries. Their work is vital. I’ll even go out on a limb and say that we need politicians, attorneys, bankers, investors, and entertainers. In order to keep them productive, we must provide reasonable incentives. We need to compensate each by a fair measure for their actual contributions to society. We need to provide a reasonable scale of income opportunity for every independent adult, every provider, and share responsibility for those who have a legitimate need for aid. In order to achieve and sustain this, we must also address the cost of living and the distribution of wealth. Here, we have failed miserably. The majority have already lost their home equity, their financial security, and their relative buying power. The middle class have actually lost much of their ability to make ends meet, re-pay loans, pay taxes, and support their own economy. The lower class have gone nearly bankrupt. In all, its a multi-trillion dollar loss taken over about 30 years. Millions are under the impression that we need to create more jobs simply to provide more opportunity. as if that would solve the problem. It won’t. Not by a longshot. Jobs don’t necessarily create wealth. In fact, they almost never do. For the mostpart, they only transfer wealth from one party to another. A gain here. A loss there. Appreciation in one community. Depreciation in another. In order to create net wealth, you must harvest a new resource or make more efficient use of one. Either way you must have a reliable and ethical system in place to distribute that newly created wealth in order to benefit society as a whole and prevent a lagging downside. The ‘free market’ just doesn’t cut it. Its a farce. Many of the jobs created are nothing but filler. The promises empty. Sure, unemployment reached an all-time low under Bush. GDP reached an all-time high. But those are both shallow and misleading indicators. In order to gauge actual prosperity, you must consider the economy in human terms. As of ’08′ the average American was working more hours than the previous generation with far less equity to show for it. Consumer debt, forclosure, and bankruptcy were also at all-time highs. As of ’08′, every major American city was riddled with depressed communities, neglected neighborhoods, failing infrastructures, lost revenue, and gang activity. All of this has coincided with massive economic growth and job creation. Meanwhile, the rich have been getting richer and richer and richer even after taxes. Our nation’s wealth has been concentrated. Again, this represents a multi-trillion dollar loss taken by the majority. Its an absolute deal breaker. Bottom line: With or without economic growth or job creation, you must have a system in place to prevent too much wealth from being concentrated at the top. Unfortunately, we don’t. Our economy has become nothing but a giant game of Monopoly. The richest one percent already own nearly 1/2 of all United States wealth. More than double their share before Reagan took office. Still, they want more. They absolutely will not stop. Now, our society as a whole is in serious jeapordy. Greed kills.
OWS protesters who wear "logo" attire and use "logo" products are guilty of making corporations richer! You are guilty of aiding in corporate greed! You are partaking in corporate greed. You are a hypocrite!
Again, I ask...why do I see countless video clips and images of OWS protesters wearing expensive items made by Nike, Adidas, North Face, J.Crew? Why do I see countless video clips and images of OWS protesters using Apple products? I appreciate your pointless rant above but I would love for you to answer my question? If OWS is against corporate greed then why do people at OWS support corporations by buying their products thus continually making those corporations richer? If OWS protesters REALLY are against corporate greed then you guys would at the very least have a one day nude protest. They can't arrest everybody and what better way to show your hate of corporate greed then to shed all trappings of any corporations for a day.....OWS sounds very hypocritical to me.