Clarity

[avevale_intelligencer]

To the friend who told me that he could not see his way to supporting the Occupy movements because they had no clear manifesto, this is the response I was not intelligent enough to be able to give. It won't change his mind, but it explains to me why I found his reason unsatisfying on a subliminal level.

Comments

[rdmaughan.livejournal.com]

You are quite right, it did not change my mind at all. I hope the Occupy movement does achieve something but I still don't think it will unless it can decide what it wants to achieve.

[melodyclark.livejournal.com]

I support the movement simply because it is an expression of honest angst. Do I really think it will do anything? Well, I practically killed myself to get Obama in office and our monetary monarchs aren't allowing him to do anything. I don't think anything will do anything to help. All we can do is protest enough that the ivory tower feels threatened -- or help the protest. I can't go down to a population area large enough for it to matter, but I sent some money for water and food.

Meanwhile, my gardener Carlos is having to take Interferon injections for Hep C and then crawl out of bed every morning to do double the workload because his wife was just fired without reason. There's a lot of rage and pain and I think it needs to go outwards rather than impacting the people who are hurting.

FWIW, here's Keith Olbermann reading OWS' manifesto ...
http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/special-comment-keith-reads-first-collective-statement-of-occupy-wall-street