Obfuscating the Occupy Wall Street Message

[estesbob]

Just as more regulation saved capitalism in the 1930s, we need a renewal of regulation to cover new financial inventions. Estes Bob, hey man, read this; you need to!

marketwatch.com/story/rich-class-beating-99-to-a-pulp-2011-11-01?pagenumber=1

I have a hard time taking seriously a commentator who describes the problem as :

Rich Class warriors: puppet-politicians in GOP-controlled Congress

**Rich Class warriors: Federal Reserve-Wall Street bankers conspiracy **

**Rich Class warriors: Pentagon’s Perpetual War-Mongering Machine **

**Rich Class fighting to turn America back into Reagan’s ol’ Wild West **

Such nonsnese.

 

[Captain_America]

Did you read it?

 

[cmforte]

It is sad to see how the media have distorted their message:

(a) Get a grimy-looking, hippy-looking kid who is inarticulate in front of the camera;

(b) Find the most extreme and lefty voice you can;

(c) Point out that the under-employed make up a lot of the crew.

THEN, stir it together and call them wacko.

NAHHHHH! Baloney!!

The truth is that few employed persons can just take off work to be physically present. Most of us agree that the big banks need regulation. . . in order for the market to work.

Otherwise, we see (here and in history) the Tragedy of the Commons: every bank guy working to maximize his own profit will KILL the goose that lays the golden eggs.

We need regulation to keep them golden eggs a’comin’ and the market to function.

They did this to themselves. This is what happens when you have no organization, no leadership, and no co-herent message other than "everyone is allowed to voice their own message’!! Lol This is not a demonstration trying to get some message across, this is exactly what its name indicates, a simple occupation.

-Chris

 

[Nate13]

They did this to themselves. This is what happens when you have no organization, no leadership, and no co-herent message other than "everyone is allowed to voice their own message’!! Lol This is not a demonstration trying to get some message across, this is exactly what its name indicates, a simple occupation.

-Chris

It took a whole crowd of occupiers to shout down that civil rights leader who is a democratic senator from being able to speak at one of their demonstrations haha. It took them about 10 minutes of shouting back and forth about whether they wanted to let him speak before they decided they had voted no. The senator just walked off in unbelief.