Plutocratic Government Tries To Beat Down #Occupy

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/dave-johnson/39244/plutocratic-government-tries-to-beat-down-occupy

In Oakland peaceful #Occupy demonstrators were camping out in front of city hall. The city launched a police raid to clear out the camp, using tear gas, flash-bank grenades, rubber bullets and beating people with batons. An Iraq war vet was hit in the head by either a rubber bullet or tear gas canister and critically injured. These days this is the typical government response to non-Tea-Party "protesters." Let's look at how the Occupiers and protests would be treated if we were a functioning democracy -- a government of by and for We, the People -- instead of a dysfunctional plutocracy serving the biggest corporations and the billionaires behind them.

Citizens?

The first thing to understand about every single person involved in the #occupy movement is that they are citizens and human beings. Even the ones with beards. Alas, even the drummers. (What do you call a drummer who breaks up with his girlfriend? Homeless. What do you call a drummer with half a brain? Gifted.)

The people involved in the #occupy movement are upset that our country has abandoned democracy in favor of plutocracy. They are upset that every decision made in Washington is based on the wishes of the top 1%. They are upset that we do not have a reasonable health care system, no reasonable pension system, or child care system, or other benefits that people in democracies around the world receive. They are upset that most of the benefits of our economy instead go to a very few at the top. They are upset that a huge amount of our money goes to pay for a military machines that costs more than all other countries spend on military combined. They are upset that there is a "Super Committee" meeting in secret to decide how much money to take out of the economy to pay for the bailouts and other costs of the fiasco caused by Wall Street and the big banks.

So with their government ignoring their majority demands they have finally decided to voice their protests publicly. For doing this they have been met with smears, derision, and police attacks.

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[Arctic Dave]

1. If this type of response was happening in another country the political bobble-heads would be

frothing at the mouth about how the offending administration needs to call a halt to their actions or else face consequences. Our military would be drawing up a list of places to target with their "peace spreading sorties". But alas, it is happening in our country and they are the ones doing the oppressing of our rights with similar tactits that the "repressive regimes" used.

It makes me wonder if these "awakening" were nothing more then a front and a "useful idiot" for someone elses agenda too get control of their country. I would like to see some follow up to these countries now that they have been "freed" and what their thoughts are now about their new situation and do they feel they have benefited at all.