Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
Commenting on a post below about Steve Jobs, Ricochet Member Larry3435 writes
...I find it amusing that as this billionaire died, the OWS crowd was protesting his very existence -- many of them with I-Pod in hand. Irony can just be so [darned] ironic sometimes.
I had Larry's comment in mind when I spotted this brilliant graphic on my facebook feed which demonstrates exactly how ironic the Occupy Wall Street crowd really is.
And in case you can't read it, the block of text at the bottom reads:
Join us as we organize against corporations, using social networking (by corporations), smartphones (by corporations) serviced by wireless carriers (that are corporations), wearing clothes (made by corporations), capturing it all with cameras (made by corporations), and getting there via cars, buses, bicycles, and shoes (made by corporations). We deserve more from these greedy corporations. Join us afterwards at Starbucks!
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Jul '10
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
It goes beyond that, news reader Sawyer speaks on how the movement has swept thousands of countries. Yes, that's right, thousands. With her label clothes, label jewelry, hair by so and so, and enough makeup on that face to snow an Antarctic production set, she's swinging against the Man.
Jun '10
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
Supposedly, a young man once asked Ronald Reagan, "How can you possibly understand the younger generation, that grew up in a world of television, jet planes, and space travel, when your generation grew up with none of those things? Reagan replied, "You're right. We didn't have any of those things. We were busy inventing them for you."
Aug '10
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
You know, the left likes to make fun of right-wing folks (especially libertarians) who use public roads, were educated in public schools, and may even have public sector jobs (like the GMU law school and econ department). It's an exactly parallel argument and I think they're wrong to make it too. There are lots of good reasons to make fun of the far left in general and OWS in particular, but the fact that they engage in commerce with corporations isn't one of them.
Aug '10
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
The capitalists are paving the road of their own downfall, to paraphrase.
Irony in this situation matters not at all. These protesters won't notice the irony until long after they have done what they can to destroy those things that make life in America so wonderful.
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
I don't know if this was before or after the above graphic was released, but MoveOn.org showed off their own, Elizabeth Warren-esque, image.
Oct '10
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
Usually, when you "occupy" spaces, the plan is to oust the current regime. Think Edsa 1986, where ordinary citizens occupied the entire Edsa Highway for 4 days to protest Marcos stealing the elections. People were just fed up with the dictatorship. (see also Edsa Dos, another 4-day revolution occupying Edsa Shrine).
Or Tahrir square.
But this OWS is different in that it wasn't directed at Obama or the government but against rich people, bankers and Corporations.
OWS wasnt the first time the progressives tried this strategy in 2011. Remember the unions and students "occupying" the Wisconsin State Capitol during the anti-Walker protests? That was the trial run for Occupy Wall Street.
I think OWS will get bigger as it gets more organized. The only way to counter this is to beat the Democrats in 2012 elections.
Edited on Oct 12, 2011 at 11:25pmAug '10
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
Maybe they just want all these nice things to come from privately owned companies instead of corporations. Little do they realize that then they'll all be owned by fabulously wealthy individuals, while public corporations are owned by millions of stockholders.
Apr '11
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
Second thoughts...
"In the face of the current challenge from Tea Party conservatism, it is more important than ever that liberals make a compelling case for our vision of America. But we will not make this case stronger by allying with a movement that is out of sync with our values. And so, on the question of how liberals should feel about Occupy Wall Street, count us as deeply skeptical."
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/96062/occupy-wall-street-zizek-lewis?passthru=NWJhNDIyNzAzNmU5MWExYzI1ZmM0ZGU0MDJiZTU2MTk&utm_source=Editors+and+Bloggers&utm_campaign=4e29fdf4cc-Edit_and_Blogs&utm_medium=email
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=veGO0P0LBrw
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_DbO2kTcUJc/TpSRfiW1PuI/AAAAAAAAHw0/DQpxNC97gv0/s400/mediaguideows.jpg
Edited on Oct 13, 2011 at 3:54amJun '10
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
Ah, the sweet innocence of people who wholeheartedly join a movement in opposition to, well, "something bad," even though they are incapable of identifying it, articulating what is wrong, or proposing rational solutions. As long as there are drugs and topless coeds, the cause must be just.
Aug '10
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
As long as it smells like it's "of the left", then it must be kool. It's amazing how that idea has managed to plant itself inside so many skulls-full-of-mush.
Jun '10
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
I hear a lot of laughter about the protesters and the media seems to have gone out of its way to only show clips of the droolers, but many of the protesters do in fact have an idea of what they are protesting about. Now, I'm not saying I agree with them, but I find it disturbing that so many conservatives are point, laughing, and saying "let them eat cake." For right or wrong these people believe it's the wealthy and the corporations that are the cause of their troubles and if they decide to take concrete action, what sort of damage will they, can they, cause? How much will a person risk if they believe they have nothing left to lose?
Sep '10
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
Agreed - they are pretty unanimous about the problem: evil, greedy, corporations. The laughable (or scary part) is the list of proposed solutions: cancel all debt; $20/hr minimum wage; free college for everyone; re-regulate the banking industry and turn it into a public utility (already halfway there with Frank-Dodd imposing price controls).
Plus, you have to admit: there are some awful droolers to be found.
Jun '10
Re: Down with Evil Corporations! #OccupyWallStreet
Belief has nothing to do with reality. The protesters may not be right but they are convinced they don't like their lot in life. It's easy enough to say "work harder, things will get better" but that just isn't always so. These folks have had it with politicians and are looking for a messiah. That got us Obama. Now, they might accept the reality he's a false messiah, but that just means they'll look for the next one to come along, they can't go back to politicians. They will "Vote for Change!" because they can't accept doubling down on demonstrably failed political, economic, and social policies, and that's all the Republicans have to offer at the moment, even if it is more than the Democrats have to offer. All it's going to take is a charismatic leader to destroy this country, because people want to have faith, and the party isn't giving them anything to believe in.