Plain and simple, they messed up by having "occupations" instead of one day protests, not that I am a fan of them. But when you get a group of people, "camping out," and the objective appears to make a noise and be noticed, there is going to be trouble when the people stay too long.
Were you upset at the amount of student loans you have? Well, blame yourself and/or your parents. You determined it was worthwhile to go into the debt you did for an education. If you want to get mad, get mad at Washington, because in the last bill to "fix" credit issues, congress made it so when a bankruptcy occurs, education loan debt can't be discharged.
And if you are upset at Wall Street, make sure you are also upset at politicians in D.C. because they worked hand in hand in their unholy alliance.
And, finally, you learned a good lesson this week. Early on, the Democrat politicians seemed to support you. But you overstayed your welcome, and now, the Democrats in power in the cities you camped out, are using the government to "suppress" you. The same government from which you are seeking REDRESS, is the same government willing to "SUPPRESS."
The issues of income inequality, corruption and the undemocratic influence and power of the financial sector that put them in the streets all resonate with me. Its a damn shame that I think too much of OWS is a bunch of navel gazers. Here in Indy, I've looked at the sites of the local OWS operations and their discussion forums are either anemic and pathetic or overflowing with drivel and pathetic. They seem to exist for "building consensus" to do anything and obsess over process vs. results. This "movement" helped change the conversation, but if all they are gonna do is talk rather than exert their people power, they are not to be feared at all.
I've been trying to exhort them to get more serious by putting some ideas out their for an #OWS inspired reform agenda. Nobody seems to be biting.
http://prezi.com/waoeu55oxwoq/crowdsourcing-the-ows-policy-agenda/
Posted by: Politicalseason | December 01, 2011 at 12:12 PM