OWS Protests

“There's no better symbol of the gloom and psychological repression of modern America than the banking system, a huge heartless machine that attaches itself to you at an early age, and from which there is no escape. You fail to receive a few past-due notices about a $19 payment you missed on that TV you bought at Circuit City, and next thing you know a collector has filed a judgment against you for $3,000 in fees and interest.”

“People don't know exactly what they want, but as one friend of mine put it, they know one thing: FUCK THIS SHIT! We want something different: a different life, with different values, or at least a chance at different values.”

“Eventually the Occupy movement will need to be specific about how it wants to change the world. But for right now, it just needs to grow. And if it wants to sleep on the streets for a while and not structure itself into a traditional campaign of grassroots organizing, it should. It doesn't need to tell the world what it wants. It is succeeding, for now, just by being something different.”

Habits are ridiculous. It’s commonplace for a singular activity to be embedded in an organism, be it for days, months, or years. Humans are, sadly, no except to this point. The MOEs pointed out by Taibbi talk of the importance in the Occupy Wall Street Protests more than an analysis could decipher.

            America is founded upon the idea of living the dream. This dream can be big, to live in a lavished home ordained with beautiful artifacts, or small, to simply get a job and sustain oneself. Capitalism, a principle established for the economy, is misconstrued extremely. The economy takes the face of the school system, with big businesses acting in the place of bullies holding up smaller students, ordinary citizens, against their lockers and demanding lunch money. When an individual tries to fight this system, they are knocked down time and time again.

            To fight the routine instilled upon the economy, many take up arms in protest against any and all actions set in place. The power to do such as a thing in itself is remarkable. There are countless places on the planet that limit one’s right to free speech and active protest against the government, so America and its inhabitants are very lucky. Movements act to cause change, and the momentum they gain can do worlds of wonder.