I've been to both Zuccotti Park and Tea Party rallies, not as a protestor but a casual observer. Both sets of participants were equally cordial and willing to speak their minds.
"Why are you here, what do you want"
Tea Party:
"Less government, lower taxes, less regulations"
Occupy:
"more taxes (for the rich)"
"reparations for African-Americans"
"stop fracking"
"animal rights"
"jail all of the bankers" (didn't really get this one)
"legalize marijuana"
"force FDA to regulate genetically modified food"
My take-away was that the Tea Party spoke with a unified voice. The Occupy folks were all over the place, typically blogging with $500+ iPads, $1,000+ MacBooks and playing in drum circles.
Topic: The death of Occupy (Read 2099 times)
It was a stupid cause to begin with, we shouldn't blame "banksters". You should be more worried about the government taking away your rights. The guys who occupied wallstreet are just a bunch of socialist hippies.
You differentiate between bankers and the government? Where have you been? lolSure. The government is the power broker; selling their power to initiate force. It absolutely must be eliminated. The Banks are just one of their best customers.
OWS just wants the force to be applied differently, hence direct their anger at the banks.
It was a stupid cause to begin with, we shouldn't blame "banksters". You should be more worried about the government taking away your rights. The guys who occupied wallstreet are just a bunch of socialist hippies.
You differentiate between bankers and the government? Where have you been? lol
When I went there was a vote on whether or not we should have world peace.
It was a stupid cause to begin with, we shouldn't blame "banksters". You should be more worried about the government taking away your rights. The guys who occupied wallstreet are just a bunch of socialist hippies.
No. There were socialist hippies in the mix, but there are all kinds there. Fiscal conservatives, market anarchists, libertarians, the homeless and the confused. They had no clear direction, no leader and therefore a muted agenda.
It was a stupid cause to begin with, we shouldn't blame "banksters". You should be more worried about the government taking away your rights. The guys who occupied wallstreet are just a bunch of socialist hippies.
It might only subjugate the poor because it cant be taxed and therefore cant fund social welfare programs.
I was thinking more along the lines that it can't be printed by a government to fund social welfare programs. I do think Bitcoin was created with egalitarian intentions, but those won't be fully realized until the current social-monetary power structure finally erodes into more evenly balanced economic system. Er.. I mean, the Evil Empire will be overthrown. 
It might only subjugate the poor because it cant be taxed and therefore cant fund social welfare programs.
If Bitcoin becomes controlled by the evil Banksters
how?
until they convince Bitcoin users to turn the power of Bitcoin against the evil empire
how?
Go ahead, ask me another silly question.
If Bitcoin becomes controlled by the evil Banksters
how?
until they convince Bitcoin users to turn the power of Bitcoin against the evil empire
how?
Go ahead, ask me another silly question.
If Bitcoin becomes controlled by the evil Banksters
how?
until they convince Bitcoin users to turn the power of Bitcoin against the evil empire
how?
Go ahead, ask me another silly question.
If Bitcoin becomes controlled by the evil Banksters
how?
until they convince Bitcoin users to turn the power of Bitcoin against the evil empire
how?
How can it "further subjugate the poor" to then "bring balance to the economy"?
If Bitcoin becomes controlled by the evil Banksters, then for awhile the rebel forces will be on the defensive until they convince Bitcoin users to turn the power of Bitcoin against the evil empire. Bitcoin is itself neither good nor evil, but the design does favor the good side if the good side is vigilant.
How can it "further subjugate the poor" to then "bring balance to the economy"?
If Bitcoin becomes controlled by the evil Banksters, then for awhile the rebel forces will be on the defensive until they convince Bitcoin users to turn the power of Bitcoin against the evil empire. Bitcoin is itself neither good nor evil, but the design does favor the good side if the good side is vigilant.
How can it "further subjugate the poor" to then "bring balance to the economy"?
you mean to say that bitcoin is the dark side of the force? 
Indeed. Bitcoin will be the force that chokes the monetary sytem, but not before it is used to further subjugate the poor. It will be decades (or 3 more movies) before Bitcoin fulfills its true Destiny to bring balance to the economy.
http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/flash-encampments.html
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Our movement is living through a painful rebirth… “There has been a unfortunate consolidation of power in #OWS,” writes one founding Zuccotti. “This translates into ideological dominance and recurring lines of thought. We are facing a nauseating poverty of ideas.” Burned out, out of money, out of ideas… seduced by salaries, comfy offices, book deals, old lefty cash and minor celebrity status, some of the most prominent early heroes of our leaderless uprising are losing the edge that catalyzed last year’s one thousand encampments. Bit by bit, Occupy’s first generation is succumbing to an insidious institutionalization and ossification that could be fatal to our young spiritual insurrection unless we leap over it right now. Putting our movement back on track will take nothing short of a revolution within Occupy.
you mean to say that bitcoin is the dark side of the force?
So the Occupy movement has become the Zombie apocalypse?
How can something that was never alive die?
The same way something that was never dead lives
WHAT IS DEAD MAY NEVER DIE
How can something that was never alive die?
The same way something that was never dead lives
How can something that was never alive die?
The Occupy rebellion has been squashed by the powerful new Empire.
Emperor Silvergold - "Good. Good! The Deflationary Power is strong with you, Young Satoshi. A powerful Coin you will become. Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth... Bitcoin."
"Yes, My Master"
"Lord Bitcoin...RISE."
Emperor Silvergold - "Good. Good! The Deflationary Power is strong with you, Young Satoshi. A powerful Coin you will become. Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth... Bitcoin."
"Yes, My Master"
"Lord Bitcoin...RISE."
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