Wall Street Protests

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

"No its not."

Yes, it is.

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"You can't generalize all of OWS as that, not even close."

Yes, I can.

Funny. I agree with almost everything you said on a philosophical level but your application of it is pretty overly cynical. I agree that there is no such thing as economic justice no matter what. Economic status comes from an extremely complicated mix of external and internal factors which are not independent of each other (if you grew up in a hard working family you will most likely be hardworking, etc).

Yet, it makes no sense to state the lack of economic justice and then just assume that OWS is just about the 'much dumber than Quirk sheeple' complaining about an unjust system. You could twist everyone's arguments into making it seem like they're being envious, but that would be just as successful and practical as trying to convince every white person that they are racist.

Many people, including myself (while I don't associate with OWS) believe that a socioeconomic system that heavily favors the rich is bad for the country on multiple levels. I don't disagree with socioeconomic systems favoring the rich, that is reality, but there is a limit to where it hurts the country as a whole. I believe we are at/past that limit and our country is hurting because of the actions of a few (even though I do have an understanding where their actions come from).

That is not envy. That is practicality. Jump off the philosophical train and into reality.