Many criticize the Occupy Movement as having muddled goals and nebulous ideas, and that it therefore will be unable to change anything. But this viewpoint misses the entire point. The Occupy Movement recognizes a fundamental problem: that it is generous to call our political system a democracy, when so few have so much more influence [...]
Archive for November 21st, 2011
The entire political discourse is already too small
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alternatives, Culture, inequality on November 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Piñata of Benevolence
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged inequality, quotations on November 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“We have this fantasy that our interests and the interests of the super rich are the same. Like somehow the rich will eventually get so full that they’ll explode. And the candy will rain down on the rest of us. Like there’s some kind of piñata of benevolence. But here’s the thing about a pinata: [...]
