OCCUPY WALL STREET is gearing up again, at least for the holiday. they are gathering in philly for the fourth. for those of you who might not recall, this is the organization, the protest movement which camped out in public last fall in many american cities, trying to draw attention to social ills, like corporate tyranny.
they haven't entirely gone away, in fact, twenty six of them were arrested in philly just for being there.
back on may first, as our russian friends well know, "we" "celebrated" international workers day, and the occupy wall street movement seemd to be on the verge of re emerging. last year, they got started on sepetmber seventeenth, the worst possible time of year. this spring, with a golden opportunity, they failed to ignite it.
the issues they raise are real issues, and occupy wall street proves, or should prove, that civil war, war between the rich and poor is possible, perhaps even likely.
dropping whatever you're doing, and camping out in central park for six weeks might be a bit difficult for most; the occupy wall street movement needs to augment physically literal events with an internet barrage.
the tea party believes that government should stay out of the way and allow society to segregate itself into whatever economic strata the free market creates, and the occupy people are socialistic; still; they both are trying hard to be populist movements, representing "the will of the people". defferent people have different wills, perhaps.
but in common, perhaps, we all have fundamental decency, and hold sacred the right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
Bb
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