Protesters on Wall Street. Capitalism quakes in fear?

I would not be so tongue in cheek about the protest if I thought the youth of this country had any real conviction . They live off their parents and have no real work ethic. We have become a nation of spoiled entitled brats and it's getting worse with each new generation. I think they protest because they think it's cool and it will give them something to talk to their friends about. The youth of today have often been spared the pain that they would need to endure in order to know what protest are about.

We know the issue is serious. The protesters, meh not so much. Even they admit that they are not exactly sure what their demands are.

actually i hate the wall street guys. but this does nothing lol. if they really are against wall street. do it economically.

armchair_warrior said:

actually i hate the wall street guys. but this does nothing lol. if they really are against wall street. do it economically.

Wrong. First of all, do you know any of the protesters? Are you familiar with any of their groups or strategies? No?

Beyond that, it's getting a fair amount of media coverage, even in the See-No-Evil traditional media outlets.

These people are doing more than 99.9% of Americans to publicize what is perhaps the biggest and most destructive ongoing crime in our country today.

Really, it's pathetic for people to be making fun of people who are actually standing up for what they believe in.

I missed all the posts from you guys criticizing or even making fun of the banksters that almost ruined our country, the global economy, and destroyed the retirement and quality of life for millions upon millions of people.

It's actually not a misguided protest at all. It just seems that way to you because you don't give a sh-t about the crimes that the banks and investment bankers committed.

If more people cared, the world WOULD change.

So you know who's worthy of mockery?

People who sit on their a-- and worse, actually make fun of the people who are choosing to speak up and say "This is not ok with me."

Until then, it is good to know that the "banksters" are the left's Demon of the Day.

Dumb simplification of a very legitimate viewpoint.

But hey, if you don't think what the banks are doing to our country is a huge problem, I hope it's your retirement, employment, house, and home that get destroyed by the next crisis brought on by reckless and parasitic financial industries.

whynot_31 said:

Do I think anyone has come up with a better system? No

Oh a better system exists, but there's no price to be paid by politicians, from Obama to Bush to Clinton and f-cking Alan Greenspan, for not implementing it.

Actual punishment and regulation would change everything.

But not enough people are angry enough, unlike the people actually willing to voice their anger by protesting on Wall Street.

In other countries there's mass protests and demonstrations about financial crimes and counterproductive austerity measures.

In this country we sit on the internet making fun of the few of us who bother to speak up.

You don't think protesting is worthwhile.

Got it.

Don't flatter yourself.

Just want to make clear that you think that public demonstrations are pointless.

As I suspected.

public demonstrations does nothing, but make a good/suckie spectacle.

real change comes from actions. if these kids really want to do something about the wallstreet guys, bury them economically from either killing them in their own game or other economic means, or just killing them outright.

You know what brings me joy, the same !@#$ racist mother !@$$$% who told me to go back to china. I walk by living next to them, being economically successful deliberately buying into their neighborhoods.

Since they can't afford the areas themselves any more. Funniest thing was they thought Chinese were lowering their values of their hoods lol. Now they are bitching they can't afford the hood because of us. Some dumb old timers still think we lower the values. But they don't understand supply and demand.