Do you still have trouble understanding what the Occupy Movement is?

[PurgedVoter]

Seriously?

If you don't get it, let me try to help you.

For just a moment, try to forget the bumper stickers, forget the signs, forget the interviews. Forget the crowds and police violence.

Above all forget anything the nutcases on Fox have ever said. Seriously, everything. The nutcsses on Fox think that compassion is a code word for commie. They think selfishness is the purest and most important virtue. The respect Ann Rand, a woman who worshiped a unrepentant child mutilator, as a philosopher. They think Reagan, a man who celebrated the spread of AIDS, was the greatest president.

Look at all of the Republicans that have put themselves up as potential presidents in the last few elections. Doesn't look good does it. Look at the Blue Dog Democrats and how often they vote with the Republican Political Machine. Look at the Supreme Court and how the majority of them rule.

Look at the power and the lack of any internal or external restraint that the banks and Wall Street have. Look at all the moves going on to sell off education to secret low bidders. Look at all the moves to destroy or steal retirement funds, corporate, private, or public. Look at the constant attacks on Social Security.

Look at how, businesses can legally buy politicians. Look at how competing businesses must buy politicians to remain competitive.

How do you feel? Frustrated?

Now add compassion for your fellow man to that frustration and you have what fuels the Occupy movement.

Now do you understand?


Imagine that you want government to protect the weak from the strong, the kind from the cruel and the poor from the rich.

Now do you understand?

[vi5]

1. I understand it.

I agree with it.

However, I still think that now that the inital progress and publicity has been gotten that it (they? We?) should be directing it's efforts at lawmakers and legislators rather than the financial entities themselves, who I fully believe have no conscience and will never, ever do anything until they are forced by law to, and even then will game it so much as to be almost inconsequential.

You said it yourself "buy politicians"......"sell off education"...."attacks on social security". No amount of directing the anger and mobilizing the people towards the crooks who are doing this is going to make them stop trying. So we need to start directing it more towards the people who are allowing them to succeed at this stuff.

But yes, I understand it and agree with everything you said. If people don't get it by this point they are legitimately not listening.