Friday, November 18, 2011

Is Occupy Wall Street Wrong?

The recent Occupy Wall Street movement raises an issue with runaway capitalism and the widening gay between the rich and the poor in america. This movement has been infectious and is truly resounding with a growing segment of the population around the United States and the world.

However, not all people that believe in this movement are willing to set up tents and risk being arrested. The world economy is clearly in trouble and the people that support Occupy Wall Street are looking for an answer.

This desire to improve the world is a good thing. Hope is good. Working with your fellow human being is definitely a good thing, but are these protesters focusing their energy in the right place?

Some would say no. When you ask even more liberal segments of the society about this movement many times this will conjure up a negative reaction. While the movement has raised issues of economic inequality, they have also ran the risk of sounding like they support socialism and spreading the wealth.

They typically have a blow horn and will have an individual speaker talk about their economic woes and then over a loud speaker the audience will repeat their speech in a sort of chant form. This has been effective when the person speaking has a compelling argument, but all too often they sound like a bunch of cry babies.

One gentleman in his mid 20s got on the blow horn and said: "My name is ______, I just got laid off from my job. I had to move back in with my parents." as the crowd faithfully repeated his words. I'm sorry, but being a liberally leaning political mind myself, I find it hard to feel bad for someone like that. Oh, you had to move back in with your parents. Boo hoo! At least you're not homeless!

The problem these days is the extreme left and right side of our US political theater gets far too much publicity when the common sense center is ignored. Yes, financial inequality is very real in our society. However, if you are of able mind and are capable, you don't have to accept your fate as being laid off. This is America after all, and if you want to achieve something better, you can create your own opportunities!

Don't get me wrong, Occupy Wall Street has some valid arguments, and they may represent the 99%, but they are not 99% correct.



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