Anyway, I find my sympathies much more in line with Jared Bernstein who patiently explains:
Protest movements are often born of two interacting injustices: the lack of opportunity and the lack of accountability by the persons perceived to be blocking that opportunity.Exactly. And don't miss the link at the end of that post.
Given the facts of the income distribution, the trends in real middle-class incomes and poverty, the failure of policy to do much to change these trends, the government bailouts of the only class that’s benefitted from the recovery so far, the absence of clear punishment/accountability for the financial and political institutions that helped inflate the debt bubble that continues to squeeze economies across the globe, and the dysfunctionality of the current political system (they’re arguing more about whether they can keep the lights on than whether they can help solve the economic problems), the more interesting question is what took so long for such protests to show up?
Then again, there's this.
UPDATE: And, um, this. The arrogance is pretty amazing, isn't it? These people have absolutely no fear at all that they will ever be held accountable. Ever. It's unthinkable to them.
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Don't know Jared, but his explanation also fits why Tea Party protesters assembled. Their solution is smaller government and less taxation. Not sure that OWS has presentated a solution. From the photos of the mess they've left in their wake, it apparently isn't a cleaner environment.
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