Politics

[Fuse]

Sounds like you were right they were choosing to be homeless.... for the day.

Did you get a sense of what their impression of "awareness of the situation" meant?

[Da6onet]

/rant @ western politicians
I'm so sick of the indecisiveness and fear mongering among the leaders both in Europe and here with our Congress. I mean seriously, you're elected leaders, do your fucking jobs and make the tough choices. I swear to god our leaders are a bunch of whiny bitches. Fuck worrying about getting re-elected, get off your ideological high horses and just be pragmatic. This whole "Italy needs to get their shit together" is really counterproductive. Yes, there are some lazy dumb ass governments and banks that borrow too much money in Europe. So what? That was the case since before the EU was founded, France can stop acting surprised now. UK MP's threatening to pull out of the EU are just adding fuel to the fire. You're not going to get paid back any time soon. Cut your losses, forgive the debts, do what you need to do to ensure you don't lose more (or as much) money in the future.

Then of course there is our own congress, that has absolutely no will power to exercise even the most basic economic policies. They take half measures and inefficiently spend money and then blame everyone that isn't in their party for the lack of results. Hey congress, you want to know why company's aren't hiring?-Because they don't ever know what you're going to do next. You say "but I can't get anything done, the -insert party here-'s won't let me!" Wah-wah, cry a little harder, jesus.

Alas, its not really their fault, it's the idiots who elect these pussies into office that are to blame. If people stopped eating the spoon fed rhetoric of these windbags and had half a brain to seek out, hell even become, people dedicated to actually working and getting shit done, we'd be out of this economic sinkhole in a year.

/endrant

[Fuse]

You should rant more often.

[Manic Velocity]

Did you get a sense of what their impression of "awareness of the situation" meant?

Those were the guy's exact words, and I didn't think to press further.  I'm sure he just assumed that I already knew "the situation" (I don't).  But to answer your question, no.  

The atmosphere was very positive.  Nobody seemed angry or even a little upset about "the situation".  Like I said, it didn't look like a protest.  It looked like a camp ground in the middle of the city.  I don't want to impose the "hippy" stereotype surrounding this movement, but the shoe does seem to fit in this case.

[Fuse]

I'm thinking of writing up a little post on stereotypes, BTW... Mainly how they become to be stereotypes; it's usually because it's a true observation, but people are so afraid to acknowledge that different cultures are indeed different that they apply this term to it attempting to excuse it.

Hippies live a more jipsy-lifestyle and usually are only productive to small tribes
African descendants play sports really well
I can't jump.

Nothing wrong with making a connection. The majority of them are acting like hippies, so be it.

[Lithium]

[NoCry]

Two comments:

1. Free market caused this- free market should solve it. Let things fail (like Lehman - Greece?)
2. I still blame ninja loans as the genesis of it all.

[Ghisteslwchlohm]

Yeah, fuck those ninjas!

[Anamodiel]

http://blog.american.com/2011/10/5-reasons-why-income-inequality-is-a-myth-and-occupy-wall-street-is-wrong/

[Ragnarok]

http://blog.american.com/2011/10/5-reasons-why-income-inequality-is-a-myth-and-occupy-wall-street-is-wrong/

The articles argument is not valid because it contradicts itself.

[Ash]

Yeah, fuck those ninjas!

Haha, that made me laugh.

[Broin]

Whoever wrote the rebuttal is ignorant, or maybe stupid....

Hard to say they seem some what intellectual so I'm guessing ignorant

[Lithium]

Yeah, it really is a shining example of the ignorance. Hence why I posted it.

[Fuse]

Occupy Wall Street kitchen staff protesting fixing food for freeloaders
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/zuccotti_hell_kitchen_i5biNyYYhpa8MSYIL9xSDL

HA!

[Da6onet]

Among the sometimes conflicting and mixed manifestos I've found regarding the OWS movement/protest/whatever, is one common theme about what is "fair." Two things I have to say in response to these overprivileged, naive, immature socialists.

1. You have a right to be upset because:
You're whole life you were told that you are special and will have everything you could ever want when you grow up by your parents, your teachers, your political leaders, etc.
Now you're out of a job, in debt, depressed, can't get a new iPad 2, insert life problem here, etc. etc.

Hell I know I was upset when I realized it was all a lie. I cried "this isn't fair!"

2. Regardless of how much you want to blame CEO's greed/lack of ethics for the depressed economy, relative to many people on this planet, your ability to succeed is still far less limited in the United States of America, but it is by no means guaranteed (go watch The Pursuit of Happyness).

3. I'm reminded of a quote you should get familiar with "Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death."

Personally I feel occupy thing is a good thing. Once these hippies realize that the rest of society isn't going to change and isn't going to give them a handout they'll either A. grow up and work within this reality or B. die of starvation. Either way produces a desired result.