Change

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is the latest conservative to articulate the attitude of disdain for the Occupy Wall Street protesters. They should all get cleaned up, and get jobs. Newt evidently doesn't pay enough attention to people to understand that they have already done this. They take showers, and they have jobs. Is there no end to the stupidity of people who believe that all is well with the world, and that no change is needed?

Conservatism is the philosophy that the world does not need to be changed. Liberalism is the phhilosophy that the world in its current state is dreadful, and needs change. The more change, the more liberal. People who are personally well off seldom see mcuh need for change, which is why the folks who demand change are often of lower status, and do most of the complaining.

Challenge yourself. Ask yourself if you really believe that little or no change in the global economic system is needed. Remember that in the UNited States, the world's wealthiest country, nearly a quarter of the population lives in poverty, and that worldwide, the percentage is even higher.

Are all these impoverished people stupid and lazy? Or are they trapped in a political and economic system which offers them nothing? The more people who see the need for change, the more likely it is to occur.