I am not going to state my personal opinion on this matter, but would like to share two sources in related to the recent protest.
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It’s hard to find a balance of extremes. I’m sure some people that are the 1% are honest workers, while others are exploiting the system for personal gain. Yet a large part of the 99% just wants more money to spend. Everyone wants money, so it’s hard to find a balance as to who deserves the money. I just think the amount of time people are spending into this protest, they could also just work and make money. If the 1% refuse to make changes, do something significantly more organized and mess up the world for fun.
It seems people believe you have to “fight” for everything in life. There isn’t a good sense of collectivism to work towards a greater good for everyone. More scapegoating because their lives suck.
Oct 28, 2011 @ 11:03 am
Patrick
“A piece of fake paper”, so you think there is nothing wrong to earn money through lies?
The markets that can earn you that hugh sum of money quick and easy are totally built upon lies.
Otherwise, you think waking up at 5am and going home at 10pm or later can make you that amount of money? Lots of people can do that no problem and I am sure once those people from wall street lose their job will not going to the other people who is already working at the lowest paid and overtime.
Oct 28, 2011 @ 11:26 am
bob
dont understand what people are complaining about. should we be rewarding incompetency? fuck no.
last time i checked, most of us were given the same conditions – education, opportunities, programs etc. if we’re all in the same country in the same economic situations, then you had just the same opportunity to be successful.
however, for people with mental disabilities, from birth or from no fault of their own, then those people are worth helping and giving a hand to. in fact, i find it our civil duty to help these people out.
what about the people who areaddicted to drugs? or the people who cant get education or community support? then let’s do social programs to help these people out. I support the robin hood tax becuase it targets things like this.
what about people who cant find a job because they are immigrants? they should have done their homework. if you choose to come into our country, then you should have done your homework about how hard it is to become successful. dont come into the country that welcomed you and complain here.
being rich shouldn’t be something bad. they made their money their own way and should be allowed to enjoy that peacefully. You don’t see the extreme poor bitching about the middle class and all their money, do you? but that would seem contraditory – the marginal difference between the extreme poor and the middle class is way greater than the marginal difference between the middle class and the rich. an extreme poor sees each additional dollar to be much more value than the middle class people – yet we don’t see that kind of ruckus. why not? because the middle class is the majority.
we should be worrying about the difference from middle class to the extreme poor – the people who are living below standards. the top 1% shouldn’t be the focus.
to the bottom 1% – and whoever else is complaining – why are you in this situation? rather than blaming external factors, take a look at yourself and be critical on yourself. did you bring this upon yourself? were you really treated unfairly? in today’s world, everyone is equal. how youlive your life and how you lived your life should not be the burden and responsibility of everyone else. if you have a legitimate reason, such as birth defects, mental disabilities, physical disabilites, we as a society should be givign you a helping hand.
to the homeless homies – your fellow homies are picking themselves off the streets and joining the middle class. that means you too have the means to do so yourself. many drug addicted, mentally disabled, or both, are coming off the streets and building a life for themselves. complaining isnt going to do shit for you. stop bumming money and start bumming a helping hand. there are tons of help available for you and no matter how fucked up your teeth are, you still got a chance.
it’s your life. how you lived it doesn’t dictate how you will live it.
Oct 28, 2011 @ 11:36 am