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BrainDrain

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54. ohhh it's so wonderful....

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 09:10 AM

Dec 2013

That Occupy has gotten us to change the terms we use to talk about the rich from "rich" to "1%". Well that certainly is an accomplishment to be proud of, like changing the name of toilet paper to bathroom tissue. I mean really, I bet the mega-wealthy are shaking in their boots right now, especially the ones who are under indictment for their crimes against the mass of society, oh wait there aren't any, are there? Well then, I bet the ones sitting in jail, their fortunes forfeited to house or feed the poor really regret the name change. Opps, none of those either. Hmmmmm? Seems odd doesn't it? That the only ones who got arrested were the folks from Occupy and no one else.

Hell of a protest you got there. Occupy had something, a very important something and it was thrown away. It had the moment, it had the idea, and it had the voice, it had the media, it had THE iconic photo provided in all its glorious stupidity by champagne drinking dandies on the balcony above the marching protestors, it had Wall Street worried and the marbled halls of Washington concerned. Here was a chance, a real chance, not to totally rid us of their malignant influence and their dark money, but to put them on their heels, to push them far enough back so that the next steps could be taken, the next steps necessary to actually free us from their machinations and greed at the expense of our well being and in too many cases, our very lives.

In the end it was all frittered away through indecision and division. You want to know where the Occupy bashers are? I for one am right here. And please, don't try and convince me that just because we now use "1%" to describe robber barons ( oh wait, that was something they used to be called before wasn't it before we started calling them "rich"..... about a hundred years ago I believe) that some how this is an incredible game changing step, because it is NOT.

Occupy lost it's collective chance long ago. Now it is just a marginalized curiosity, and not even a historical one of any importance.

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1 % [View all] L0oniX Dec 2013 OP

+99%! 2naSalit Dec 2013 #1

yes I agree Chrom Dec 2013 #2

and a big K & R for an excellent observation. n/t wildbilln864 Dec 2013 #3

Ideas Can Be More Powerful Than Money And Material Wealth cantbeserious Dec 2013 #4

Kick. Occupy changed the national conversation from the debt to inequality. Bravo! Scuba Dec 2013 #5

a thousand recs. Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #6

I thought at the time that it was brilliant framing The Blue Flower Dec 2013 #7

Occupy the Memescape! nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #15

"Occupy the Memescape" I like it! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #51

k and r niyad Dec 2013 #8

Agree - TBF Dec 2013 #9

It was brilliant, the way they condensed the evil of predatory capitalism into short, concise sabrina 1 Dec 2013 #10

+1 They/We have done, and continue to do good. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #37

I think 1% is a stupid term hfojvt Dec 2013 #11

Bwahahahahahahah.... 99Forever Dec 2013 #14

WTF? De Leonist Dec 2013 #17

Bwahahahahahahah.... 99Forever Dec 2013 #18

Again WTF? De Leonist Dec 2013 #39

Bwahahahahahahah.... Enthusiast Dec 2013 #50

The term 1% dotymed Dec 2013 #53

actually less so hfojvt Dec 2013 #70

If I need to explain to you.. 99Forever Dec 2013 #55

didn't "get the gist of the OP" - Indeed! L0oniX Dec 2013 #56

a 1%er Apologist hfojvt Dec 2013 #71

Yes it is. 99Forever Dec 2013 #92

This is not a debate thread. It's for self-congratulatory pats on the back. randome Dec 2013 #61

That's right you dont like Occupy. Or investigative journalists like Michael Hastings, or rhett o rick Dec 2013 #65

Like or dislike has nothing to do with the rudeness of posters on this thread. randome Dec 2013 #66

Refusing to face reality? Holy shitz ...the irony. L0oniX Dec 2013 #76

Reality? What is your vision of reality? Mine is that the middle class is being rhett o rick Dec 2013 #82

My version of Reality is to agree with every single point you made. randome Dec 2013 #83

Ok, but it seems to me that instead of being sympathetic towards Occupy, you have rhett o rick Dec 2013 #85

Change is nearly always good. But a movement doesn't happen without leaders or concrete goals. randome Dec 2013 #86

Occupy was something different and that alone upsets some. "You cant do anything without a leader". rhett o rick Dec 2013 #94

Debate like readers of Howard Zinn have been using the 99% & 1% diatribe since the 80's? great white snark Dec 2013 #67

SOME Dems are for the working class, certainly not all of them these days which is why the working sabrina 1 Dec 2013 #38

Indeed! If only we had all those who call themselves Democrats on our side. L0oniX Dec 2013 #57

LOL bvar22 Dec 2013 #22

+1 L0oniX Dec 2013 #23

Your thinking is deeply flawed. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #49

Hey, I agree with ya, but . . FairWinds Dec 2013 #12

Stiglitz, Krugman, Baker and Reich. Ace Acme Dec 2013 #16

Actually 1% was being used back in the 60's by biker gangs. L0oniX Dec 2013 #24

It seems to have originated with British author Orwell. But OWS made it part of the US merrily Dec 2013 #63

Indeed. 99Forever Dec 2013 #13

Absolutely true Hawaiianlight Dec 2013 #19

totally agree on the leaderless aspect BelgianMadCow Dec 2013 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author blue14u Dec 2013 #41

you can look at what the 1% fight to see what the future should be yurbud Dec 2013 #20

Free education for liberating people instead of debt-based education for enslaving them. nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #72

definitely. my chain is $120K. yurbud Dec 2013 #91

It's a nice thing to call them, but what has happened? treestar Dec 2013 #21

Awareness happened. Some mobilizing is happening beyond the streets. ancianita Dec 2013 #28

The Judicial and Voting system works... for the 1% harun Dec 2013 #42

"extreme claims" Enthusiast Dec 2013 #48

K&R n/t Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2013 #25

K&R me b zola Dec 2013 #26

k&r for the good done by the "Occupy" movement. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #27

"inserting the trope of the 1 percent into the national conversation" Agony Dec 2013 #29

+1 "Anybody who disparages what Occupy has done for people can go fuck themselves" L0oniX Dec 2013 #30

I'm with you, LOoniX. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #46

I'm with Mr Westin! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #47

Occupy music videos johnnyreb Dec 2013 #31

Well done! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #45

Rec #100. I was that last 1/100. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #32

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #34

K&R ReRe Dec 2013 #35

They are all heros as far as I'm concerned. Between Occupy and Anonymous, loudsue Dec 2013 #36

I share your sentiments. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #44

And thank the original 2009-10 New York General Assembly for Occupy! AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 #40

Kicked and recommended a mega bunch. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #43

Yea I was a hater, and I think (hope) I was wrong Ian_rd Dec 2013 #52

ohhh it's so wonderful.... BrainDrain Dec 2013 #54

Enjoy your stay. L0oniX Dec 2013 #58

I will.... BrainDrain Dec 2013 #80

LOL! You guys are so funny to watch. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #59

lol G_j Dec 2013 #60

True...to a certain extent BrainDrain Dec 2013 #68

Ooh, someone else who knows nothing about Occupy chimes in pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #62

ooh, someone else who knows nothing about history chimes in BrainDrain Dec 2013 #69

The final and brutal assault on Occupy, coordinated among a dozen cities Ace Acme Dec 2013 #73

... SammyWinstonJack Dec 2013 #75

One of your mistakes is using past tense for Occupy pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #77

+1 "accomplishing" L0oniX Dec 2013 #78

once again..... BrainDrain Dec 2013 #81

Our Walmart, closing down San Onofre, nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #84

yup sitting on my butt.... BrainDrain Dec 2013 #87

And you think others have not read about history? nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #88

Plonk.... BrainDrain Dec 2013 #97

" OCCUPY had done what it should have" What about the 1% doing what it should do? L0oniX Dec 2013 #93

I don't blame BrainDrain Dec 2013 #96

You must mean the first Fall nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #98

Wow..... BrainDrain Dec 2013 #99

No you don't. That is one full of personal attacks nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #100

for someone who says BrainDrain Dec 2013 #102

Well put. +1. sagat Dec 2013 #74

Two Americas. One for the wealthy and one for everyone else. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2013 #64

K&R myrna minx Dec 2013 #79

Thank you occupiers world wide for what you have done tiredtoo Dec 2013 #89

Big K&R YoungDemCA Dec 2013 #90

+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2013 #95

Thanks for this post. Occupy Changed the Debate! We should all be KoKo Dec 2013 #101