That may be true. And maybe I am short sighted. But does that give you the right to force me into that system, "or else"? I don't understand that part.
Funny, cause you just used the counter-argument on your own. Trust people to do the right thing? That's exactly what you're doing when you have a government. Who else would run the government then? Robots? Angels? Robot-Angels? People run the government. People who you trust to do the right thing, while they wield…
Actually in this case he is exactly right. The US financial system has privatized profits and socialized losses. It's basically all of the flaws of capitalism and socialism rolled into one.
Over 1000 march to re-occupy the City Hall in Oakland right now (less than 24 hrs of being "evicted") livestream: http://www.livestream.com/occupyoakland
A troll he may be, but he did free India with passive resistance and MLK used that example to win the civil rights movement. OWS is smart to do the same.
Right, but there was an ultra big one that marked the end of a specific stimulus program, and that was the one of a size large enough to dip the numbers more than a fraction of a decimal point.
The more they push the more the fake facade crumbles and reveals the real system. If the protesters remain peaceful this can set something big off. this is beyond politics, this is human rights.
update on Scott Olsen: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/28/occupy-oakland-scott-olsen-police-live Scott Olsen "cannot talk" after being hit in the head by a police projectile, according to his friend Keith Shannon. Olsen woke up yesterday afternoon, having previously been sedated. "He cannot talk right now, and…
Turns out, that is on the University of California grounds (on-campus). The students here supposedly tried to establish an occupation right there and authorities wern't having it. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-11-10/occupy-berkeley/51150628/1 Even if campus grouds is considered private property to students…