Occupy

A 82-post collection

Dear 1%

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.

CENSORSHIP OF THE INTERNET??!??!!!?!

CENSORSHIP OF THE INTERNET??!??!!!?!

r0llaj0int:

Reblog it.

Didn’t something like this happen in Egypt, recently? Didn’t something like that fail worse than the Titanic? Don’t these people remember what happened to the last douchebag who tried this?

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The more I hear about these "rogue elements"

…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….

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Occupy Needs YOU!

If you live near an Occupy camp, or feel any kind of horror at the fact that the brutal arm of injustice is currently destroying books… Occupy Needs You!

To turn up.

Bring books, sleeping bags, tarps, food… Anything you can spare. Everything you can carry.

Bring them to the rally points and bring a message with you.

Occupy now needs to keep a watch on the police, to be aware of raids. People in the camps need to be

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Planned Obsolescence is Crippling Me

Every girl loves shoes, right?

We’re stereotypically obsessed by them. All girls allegedly want to be Imelda Marcoss when we grow up.

Not me.

I’m apparently one of those rare women who want shoes that work and last. Looking pretty is icing on the cake. I’m going to spend all day in these suckers and I do not want pinched toes or sharp decorative bits or heels that make my trick ankles go off - resulting

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Why I'm concerned about OWS

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.

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Tax Receipt Not Going Far Enough

I’ve been seeing a lot of retweets endorsing the idea of a “tax receipt”, a document telling you, the taxpayer, where your tax dollars are going.

I say it’s a good first step.

A better move would be a Tax Vote. You fill out the form declaring whatever and indicate exactly where you want your dollars to go. And list them in order of importance.

THAT would be a government of true democracy.

Just think about

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Illustrating things

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

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Why Iceland isn't in our news much. READ THIS - a country has a REVOLUTION, rewrites its constitution using REGULAR citizens & gets rid of...

Why Iceland isn't in our news much. READ THIS - a country has a REVOLUTION, rewrites its constitution using REGULAR citizens & gets rid of its Central Bank & the whole corrupt Fractional Reserve Banking system AND ITS NOT ON WIN TV, 7, 10, ABC, SBS, NBC, FOX, NOTHING! WHY IS THAT I WONDER!?!?

Everyone needs to see this. Occupy your own freedom.

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Welcome back, frugal freedom fighters. This post is showing you the basic preparations for a planter box, or set thereof. The tools for...

Welcome back, frugal freedom fighters. This post is showing you the basic preparations for a planter box, or set thereof.

The tools for today are some cheap plastic gutter mesh [the stuff you put in gutters to keep the leaves out] a pair of decent scissors [if you bought wire mesh, use side-cutters!] and the paperclip staples I showed you how to make last time.

Step 1: Measure the mesh to fit, but make sure it fits up the sides of the

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