Occupy

I know you like having it. Money. Power. Fame.

Everyone wants it. People usually want to earn it.

Most of you have inherited it. Or manipulated things so you can keep it.

There’s just one thing.

If you succeed in obtaining all the money - money then becomes worthless.

The majority, those “unwashed masses” you sneer and jeer at from your balconies as they struggle for a slice of justice beneath you… they’re going to realise that money is becoming worthless and switch to other methods of exchange.

Once the common throng no longer agrees that slips of linen with intricate printing on them are worth something… well… you’re in big trouble.

You’ll have no more power, for a start.

The only fame you possess will be as an object of ridicule.

And the money? Returned to fiction. Everyone else will be trading in -say- hours of work accomplished.

Your best interests are to share some of your wealth. That keeps the system going. Not sharing only hurts yourself in the long run.

Thankyou for your time.

thepenguinpress:

They live!

Mass reclaiming of books on Wednesday, right? And live streaming thereof, of course :)

…the more I think it’s code for “undercover cop inciting violence”.

If you’re in a camp or protest and you see someone getting violent, encourage those around you to push them towards the police.

Then see what happens next.

I’m betting it’ll be like this:

OWS: “Here’s the guy that threw the brick.”

Cops: “Er… Hi Dave.”

Dave: “Crap.”

Awkwaaaarrrrrd….

Hubby says the protests are only about the American economy. He says I shouldn’t fret so hard about the economy or the protestors or the whole movement.

I know I worry about things too much. I overthink and over stress. And I see patterns in time.

I see rich people gaining power through their wealth and making laws that solely benefit themselves. I see isolated wealthy in ivory towers not understanding why the “peasant class” are so upset.

You can try this at home.

You need: 2 100-piece packets of paperclips [est cost $1.10 ea]
                1 lot of free time 

One packet represents percentages of the population [PKT 1] and the other represents percentages of wealth [PKT 2].

Find a way to distinguish PKT 1 from PKT 2. You can do this by obtaining different colours/sizes of paperclips or spritzing them with paint. Anything you like. I just kept it straight in my head.

Pick one paperclip from