Monday, October 31, 2011
Trick or Treat-ism
Under the guise of some bogus neutrality or objectivity, certain detractors of the "Occupy" movement are attempting to undermine or belittle the movement with the critique that there is a lack of clarity on the part of the movement about their issues, their goals and their message. This is both an incredulous and a 'to-be-expected' response. Obviously, they must have a hearing problem! What is the common denominator of any of the issues raised by various individuals in the Occupy movement.
Whether it is investor or bank bail-outs, oilsands development, nuclear waste storage, the corrupt, once-every-four years notion of democracy, housing, homelessness, poverty, Aboriginal issues, privatization, deregulation, climate change, unemployment, inadequate social assistance rates, white collar crime or the retributive criminal justice system, all these issues have a common denominator: the 1% have all the power and control over these issues and the 99% have little or no say whatsoever. What is so difficult to understand!
What is difficult for me to understand is how so many who are clearly part of the 99% will continue to defend the side of the one-percenters. I have not heard much if anything from actual one-percenters during this Occupy movement. I suppose they have enough 99-percenters under their control to speak for them. Or maybe the trickle-down notion has replaced the "heaven" notion that I grew up with: "this life is full of pain and suffering but some day I am going to walk on streets of gold". Happy trick-or-treat to you!
Whether it is investor or bank bail-outs, oilsands development, nuclear waste storage, the corrupt, once-every-four years notion of democracy, housing, homelessness, poverty, Aboriginal issues, privatization, deregulation, climate change, unemployment, inadequate social assistance rates, white collar crime or the retributive criminal justice system, all these issues have a common denominator: the 1% have all the power and control over these issues and the 99% have little or no say whatsoever. What is so difficult to understand!
What is difficult for me to understand is how so many who are clearly part of the 99% will continue to defend the side of the one-percenters. I have not heard much if anything from actual one-percenters during this Occupy movement. I suppose they have enough 99-percenters under their control to speak for them. Or maybe the trickle-down notion has replaced the "heaven" notion that I grew up with: "this life is full of pain and suffering but some day I am going to walk on streets of gold". Happy trick-or-treat to you!
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