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I agree with your thinking. What troubles me more is that even the people of the country seem to be very apathetic about doing anything. Take this petition for

I agree with your thinking. What troubles me more is that even the people of the country seem to be very apathetic about doing anything. Take this petition for example: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/hold-accountable-those-who-were-charge-financial-institutions-during-2008-financial-collapse https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/hold-accountable-... Two signatures? Really? Why are we also not setting examples of these people who knowingly destroyed lives? EDIT: I see that people are using the downvote button as a disagree button. Please, enlighten me as to why CEO's who knowingly committed fraud shouldn't be charged with wire fraud? I'm legitimately curious.

dangrossman 10y ago
> the people of the country seem to be very apathetic about doing anything Do you remember Occupy Wall Street? "The people" organized, disseminated information, marched, protested, petitioned, wrote and called legislators, held sit-ins and partook in civil disobedience by the millions. > Take this petition for example That link isn't illustrative of anything. There were many petitions, with many tens of thousands of votes. You won't find them any more because they were created many years ago, and expired petitions are eventually deleted from the site. > Why are we also not setting examples of these people who knowingly destroyed lives? People went to prison. Not everyone you'd like to have charged (a) actually committed a crime, and (b) there's a prosecutor who can both prove this and prevail over a larger and better-funded legal team on the defense. > shouldn't be charged Putting words in the mouth of others probably isn't going to get you whatever response you're hoping for.
- wmccullough 10y ago
  While I agree with you that my response is a bit harsh, at least you provided a real constructive reason for the downvote. I think my point still stands. The issues of Wall Street won't be solved until the apathy of this nation fades. Our citizens are coming to accept the behavior of elites as the status quo, and it's terrifying. Overall, I'm done with this site. You cannot accomplish anything constructive here. This place has become a contrarian dumpster fire. People will literally disagree with you for reasons that add zero value to any discussion. It's to the point where if I exclaim that the sky is blue, some troll will inevitably show up and argue that I'm wrong and the sky is azure instead.
  - dangrossman 10y ago
    I haven't seen behavior like that on any regular basis here. It sounds like you're describing a totally different site.

dangrossman 10y ago

> the people of the country seem to be very apathetic about doing anything Do you remember Occupy Wall Street? "The people" organized, disseminated information, marched, protested, petitioned, wrote and called legislators, held sit-ins and partook in civil disobedience by the millions. > Take this petition for example That link isn't illustrative of anything. There were many petitions, with many tens of thousands of votes. You won't find them any more because they were created many years ago, and expired petitions are eventually deleted from the site. > Why are we also not setting examples of these people who knowingly destroyed lives? People went to prison. Not everyone you'd like to have charged (a) actually committed a crime, and (b) there's a prosecutor who can both prove this and prevail over a larger and better-funded legal team on the defense. > shouldn't be charged Putting words in the mouth of others probably isn't going to get you whatever response you're hoping for.

wmccullough 10y ago
While I agree with you that my response is a bit harsh, at least you provided a real constructive reason for the downvote. I think my point still stands. The issues of Wall Street won't be solved until the apathy of this nation fades. Our citizens are coming to accept the behavior of elites as the status quo, and it's terrifying. Overall, I'm done with this site. You cannot accomplish anything constructive here. This place has become a contrarian dumpster fire. People will literally disagree with you for reasons that add zero value to any discussion. It's to the point where if I exclaim that the sky is blue, some troll will inevitably show up and argue that I'm wrong and the sky is azure instead.
- dangrossman 10y ago
  I haven't seen behavior like that on any regular basis here. It sounds like you're describing a totally different site.