Forum Post: This is not Saudi Arabia -- why Arab Spring tactic?
Posted 12 years ago on Oct. 17, 2011, 3:11 p.m. EST by timcarlson
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The title says it all. Please inform me -- why would this protesting method shown to be moderately (and that's a stretch) successful in the Arab world be even slightly effective in a completely different socioeconomic / political atmosphere?
As a side note to the 150 original protestors (or whoever took your place):
By now you could have earned $180,000 or contributed 24,000 hours to a volunteer cause, had you just worked a 40 hour week like the rest of us '99%' who continued to earn our keep. What did you do? Created a larger footprint (trash) and accept donations from across the country? Thanks for nothing.
Time will tell what happens from OWS. I have underestimated it.
You should think about what you said. Many or us OWS people have jobs and keep working and excuse me while I go and contribute!
OWS! Rock On!
Also, in what capacity did you relate your comment to the Arab world, their tactics used to effect change, and the difference between the United States and say-- Saudi Arabia.
Yes -- but for a movement without a definitive, unified cause what is the point?
You give this 'movement' the credit as though it was run by 'hard-core market theoreticians.' It's not. Plain and simple. Fighting the system is not the way to win this battle. You must USE the system. What if the protestors used those hours to raise $180,000 and fed it into mainstream advertising.. professionally printed signs for other Occupy movements around the country...
The whole thing is just asinine!
Short-sighted and short-term gains being overvalued - also known as future discounting - is part of the reason for the failure of the rational market theorem. They've contributed 24,000 hours to a volunteer cause, just for a longer-term and more fundamental cause.
For whatever other ideology you want to promote or defend, try to leave future discounting out of it. Even hard-core market theoreticians note that future discounting is a behavioral flaw.