I wonder how many of these "occupiers" bothered to vote in their last election or would even consider the democratic process as a means to exact the change they seek?
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Don't be fooled. This is nothing more than another group of anarchists, their enablers, interlopers, and hangers-on who want something, but don't feel particularly compelled to work for it.
Demands posted on a website mention irrelevant arguments about better bank lending practices and prosecution of corrupt corporate fraudsters. These "fixes" from the last economic meltdown are already in place. Yes, it may still seem unjust that the CEO of Bank X earns 100 times more than the employees, but that's called supply and demand; something leftists and children don't comprehend. Moreover, what do CEOs' compensations have to do with anyone else's lot in life? Has a disproportionate increase in CEOs' earnings ever prevented anyone from carving out a life for themselves? Of course not. It's just a talking point and fodder for a group that isn't quite sure of what their goal actually is.
Other demands include: better health care, employment, education, immigration, racial and gender equality, or in other words, the same things "the people" have sought for generations. These changes, when sought by the majority, have occurred and will continue to do so through the democratic process. Yes indeed, in the same democracies that afford these malcontents the opportunity to "occupy" in the first place.
These demands should be tabled and lobbied for in Washington, not on our downtown streets. Preventing us from getting to work while subjecting us to a cacophony of random rhetoric blather does nothing for anyone's "cause".
I suspect that the only winds of change upcoming for the occupiers are winter's chill. Grounding them once and for all, at home, snug in their beds, asleep 'til noon, while the real 99% remain hard at it.
Damnation!
