OWS is Resonating Because People Are Slowly, Slowly

realizing they have been had.

Unfortunately, if they still talk about medical marijuana and other stupid issues they aren't going to get far. Leave that shit at home. Nobody gives a shit about pet issues like this when millions upon millions are jobless and facing homelessness. Those who have jobs are at risk of being both.

"Medical marijuana," to pick an issue that just sticks in my craw, is just another bullshit sideshow agenda like laetrile was in the 1970s. I am sick of it. Gay marriage is another dumbassed "issue." Just leave that shit out of public discourse; it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

Anyway, here's Reich:

A profound change has come over America. Guts, gumption, and hard work don’t seem to pay off as they once did – or at least as they did in our national morality play. Instead, the game seems rigged in favor of people who are already rich and powerful – as well as their children.

Instead of lionizing the rich, we’re beginning to suspect they gained their wealth by ripping us off.

Ya think?

But we are supposed to feel pity for the rich when they get caught in wrongdoing:




Had the old man not gotten caught, the rest of the family wouldn't be doing interviews.