I've been hearing a lot about the occupy movement (mostly occupy Portland) and what baffles me is that they think that they are going to change the world by walking down the streets protesting. In this day and age you could protest from the comfort of your own home and get close to the same message across (maybe even more so because a lot more people use the internet then will pay attention to street protesters, there are things like youtube, blogging, facebopok, twitter, and a lot of other places to post and try to rally others to your cause and get on some peoples nerves).
The other thing is what they are protesting. It's pretty stupid. Of course big corporations and the government are going to control the finances and of course they are going to think of themselves first (it's human nature). It'd be nice if they changed but they aren't going to. Everyone likes making money and those few that it benefits worked hard to get there. So stop picking on them.
There have also been some reports of violent protests (at least in Portland) and arrests, that is completely unnecessary!! You don't need to go smashing in windows and breaking things to prove your point. That'll just turn people away from you (and get you arrested, how will that help?).
I say if you want to be in the top group that has worked to get there then you should take the energy that you are using to protest and work your way up too.
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