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Feels like 2008. I still regret and resent I got taken for a ride with Occupy Wall Street. A naive, young mind I was...

lotsofpulp 3y ago
2008 was pretending assets were worth more then they were due to fraudulent income claims from borrowers. Does not seem similar to today.
- vinyl7 3y ago
  Today, assets thought to be worth more than they actually are due to pure delusion
mrguyorama 3y ago
Care to explain how supporting Occupy Wall Street was "naive" and being taken for a ride?
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  Getting indoctrinated that "I am the 99%" and festering anger towards "the 1%" is, in fact, very unproductive and a waste of time and energy especially since so-called rich people don't generally deserve any of that nonsense. I have a lot more life experience now. If I'm going to fester anger against anyone now, it's the media (mainstream, social, et al.) and relevant powers-that-be for taking me on that ride and continuing to try and take me on more.
  - kwhitefoot 3y ago
    And who do you think owns the media and sets its tone?
    - Dalewyn 3y ago
      Certain, specific individuals to whom broad labels like "rich people" and "1%" don't apply in any useful manner. To put it another way, there's a reason naive, useful idiots like myself were (and are) led to harbor anger against "rich people" and "1%". That reason does not serve to benefit the commons like you and me, nor the so-called "rich"/"1%" people.
  - asadotzler 3y ago
    "media and relevant powers-that-be" == the 99% You are right back where you started if you'll only admit to it.
- deadbabe 3y ago
  When you think a system is rigged and out of principle refuse to participate, you miss out on the benefits of participating in the system, and in the end all your protest accomplishes nothing, the stock market or the universe won’t even notice.
  - antifa 3y ago
    > When you think a system is rigged and out of principle refuse to participate I don't understand, you got a degree in finance, learned about OWS, then decided to be a hippie instead of getting any other type of job? Not finding a job at that time was not a choice for most people who were left out.

2008 was pretending assets were worth more then they were due to fraudulent income claims from borrowers. Does not seem similar to today.

vinyl7 3y ago
Today, assets thought to be worth more than they actually are due to pure delusion

mrguyorama 3y ago

Care to explain how supporting Occupy Wall Street was "naive" and being taken for a ride?

Dalewyn 3y ago
Getting indoctrinated that "I am the 99%" and festering anger towards "the 1%" is, in fact, very unproductive and a waste of time and energy especially since so-called rich people don't generally deserve any of that nonsense. I have a lot more life experience now. If I'm going to fester anger against anyone now, it's the media (mainstream, social, et al.) and relevant powers-that-be for taking me on that ride and continuing to try and take me on more.
- kwhitefoot 3y ago
  And who do you think owns the media and sets its tone?
  - Dalewyn 3y ago
    Certain, specific individuals to whom broad labels like "rich people" and "1%" don't apply in any useful manner. To put it another way, there's a reason naive, useful idiots like myself were (and are) led to harbor anger against "rich people" and "1%". That reason does not serve to benefit the commons like you and me, nor the so-called "rich"/"1%" people.
- asadotzler 3y ago
  "media and relevant powers-that-be" == the 99% You are right back where you started if you'll only admit to it.
deadbabe 3y ago
When you think a system is rigged and out of principle refuse to participate, you miss out on the benefits of participating in the system, and in the end all your protest accomplishes nothing, the stock market or the universe won’t even notice.
- antifa 3y ago
  > When you think a system is rigged and out of principle refuse to participate I don't understand, you got a degree in finance, learned about OWS, then decided to be a hippie instead of getting any other type of job? Not finding a job at that time was not a choice for most people who were left out.