Commentary By Ron Beasley
There has been little attention payed to the Wall Street protests by the MSM. That is in spite of the fact that participation has been growing. While this should be news we are not hearing much about it. Why? Because the oligarchs are afraid and the MSM is part of the oligarchy. Why are they afraid? Because it looks too much like the Arab spring. The neo-liberalism that started with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan has resulted in a shift of wealth from the middle class to the top one percent. When the financial system collapsed in 2008 the banking oligarchs were bailed out at the expense of the ordinary tax payer in spite of the fact the bankers were responsible for the problem. Instead of being marched off to prison the bankers were rewarded. And yes, this is bipartisan.
After the NYPD acted like storm troopers for Wall Street and it was documented on YouTube people started paying attention but MSM still tried to minimize it. Yes, this is the same MSM that would send out reporters to a Tea pary event with 100 people. While the MSM continues to pass it off as no big deal Mike Kreiger says not so fast:
I will be the first to admit that I faded the whole idea of this �Occupy Wall Street� protest. I had already seen several failed attempts at protest in NYC come and go and I just sadly assumed the spirit of that once great city had died forever. I am extraordinarily happy to report that I was wrong. When I watched some video of police brutality at NYC protests this weekend I was stunned. Not because the cops acted like some mercenary storm trooper thugs, but because this protest that has started the week before still had momentum! Check out this link regarding what is going on. It has two must watch videos. http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=194965 The first one already has over 400k watches on youtube. This is the spark I have been waiting for and I am pleased beyond belief that it happened in Manhattan right where it should. How about this appearance of Cornel West at the protest on Tuesday. http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/cornel-west-at-occupy-wall-str... I am proud of my old home today. This is a big deal. The serfs are coming together. Keep it up.
Most of you reading this right now are thinking that this is interesting but he is exaggerating and this will blow over. I am here to assure you that it is not and this whole thing is about to grow exponentially as the economy continues to stagnate and people climb the learning curve. Are you aware that the founder of Salon.com, David Talbot, is publicly calling for an �American Spring?� This of course is a reference to the Arab Spring, in which revolution swept across North Africa earlier this year and led to the collapse of the Tunisian and Egyptian governments and then major government bribes to the people living in the oil rich kingdoms. Mr. Talbot writes �In these increasingly hard times, Salon is dedicating itself to an American revival. Our editorial mission will become more explicitly and aggressively populist. We will be publishing more investigative pieces, exposing the shadow dance of power. And both Democratic and Republican targets will be fair game, since both parties are increasingly under the control of the same corporate forces.� His full piece is here http://www.salon.com/about/american_spring/index.html?story=/about/insid... You need to read it if you want to understand where all of this is headed. How about journalist Chris Hedges talking about �Occupy Wall Street� http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/chris-hedges-occupy-wall-street... We the people now understand it is not �rich vs. poor,� businessperson vs. teacher.� It is serf vs. oligarch. They are 0.1% and we know what they are up to. GAME ON.
The oligrcachs are afraid.
Why are these protesters focused on Wall Street for buying off the government and taking advantage of government policies, when they should be focused on and directing their anger at the government which allowed itself to be bought off and which created the policies that enriched Wall Street.
ReplyDeleteWall Street is where Obama and the Democrats have been pointing their collective finger of blame, so that is where protesters direct their anger.
Bill, because if you protest the government you are a terrorist.
ReplyDeleteI don't know Bill, even you agree that the problem is the kind of money those Wall Street folks are putting into the political system to keep their own asses out of jail. You don't blame the hand for striking you, but rather the mind behind it, so focusing on the people calling the shots rather than the people they're paying to carry out their orders seems eminently reasonable to me.
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