"Occupy" Superthread

That was a really good movie.

I have watched the movie: neither dude from House or his brother can catch slow moving truck. IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING!! I'm sure those Nazi bastards are wetting their pants.

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We had a sub in school the day we finished it. He said: "I don't know about you, but that movie looked like it kinda sucked." It made me lul.

I love how this thread is supposed to be about occupy movements or whatever yet you guys are talking about some lame movie

He's in House I didn't know that.

Whats funny is a couple occupy wall streeters I saw on the news today were comparing it to the civil rights marches. OWS is basically trying to get the same point across except with a different topic. You do not do that by showing violence.

Another funny thing: Occupy Philly protesters are refusing to leave the area despite the government trying to start a construction project their that would employ about a thousand workers. So basically Occupy Philly protesters wont let the government do what they are asking the government to do. Great job guys!

That's what I was thinking.

When the government does what they want they say no you can do that. WTF

My thing with it is, the people you are inhibiting are those you claim to represent.

Exactly. Also if these people had any brains they would be smart enough to realize that they could get one of these jobs themselves for this project.

That's assuming a lot. How do you know what kind of jobs are needed, and the qualifications for said jobs? It's highly likely that the positions are already filled anyway.

You sure assume a lot from one case of a project being blocked.

Provide a link showing protester violence at an occupy march.

More of a general thing with them. The claim they represent 99% of the American population is assuming a lot.

Maybe if you took more than 30 seconds to think about it , you would realize the actual meaning of the slogan "we are the 99%" instead of going "hurr durr dey stupid not 99% of Americans agree wit dem!"

Enlighten me on why I should not take the main slogan of their cause literally.

It is a well known statistic that 1% of Americans hold roughly 43% percent of the total financial wealth in America. The protesters of the "Occupy" movement are overall demanding that so much wealth is not concentrated in such a small minority. In essence, since 100%(total amount of Americans)-1%(Americans that hold the most wealth)=99%(Americans that have a significantly unequal amount of wealth), the protesters are demanding reform for the benefit of that 99%, of which they are a part of.
(Sorry if that's a bit confusing, I'm not the best at explaining things.

I understood perfectly. That is where I find flaw with their argument. the 99% is such a diverse group of people that they cannot possibly represent them all.

Again, they're not claiming to represent the wishes of the 99%, they are claiming to support reform for the benefit of the 99%.

I believe the pronoun we is used to describe affiliation with more then one person.

Well, the protesters certainly don't hold enormous riches, so yes, I would say that they are part of the 99%, just as you (I assume you're not rich), and I are.

Then again if they are part of an organized 99%, according to your figures they hold more combine wealth then the 1%.