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In the heart of New York's financial district, the marble and concrete floor of lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park was strewn with untidy clumps of people, gathered in small groups amid a jumble of sleeping bags, mattresses and home-made banners, protesting against the banks and institutions that towered over them.
Some sat in circles, talking earnestly, others hugged, while at one side of the park, a small gaggle of "facilitators" took it in turns to address the crowd in chants. Mostly under 30, they are the self-proclaimed "over-educated and under-employed", protesters left over from the 5,000-strong demonstration to "Occupy Wall Street" that took place on Saturday. On the third day of the protest, a hard core, including students, artists, performers and writers who have since slept out in the park, said they planned to occupy the square for the forseeable future.
One student, who gave name as Romeo C, said he was typical of the #occupywallst protesters. Romeo, 26, said: "We have a president who tells us to do the right thing, to go to school, to get a better life, but I'm not getting a better life. I am a new college graduate and I have $50,000 of college debt built up while studying business management at Berkeley. I can't find a job to pay it off."
(Awww, get off your butt and drive a cab or whatever. You can make money, but amazingly enough, it requires that you actually work and hustle for a living, something I'm sure you weren't taught at your University of Lenin.)
What? They think that society OWES them a job in their field of study? (or any job, for that matter) The socialism that they've been taught throughout their entire school life isn't what they were told it would be? Life is hard, eh?
ReplyDeleteAnd it needs to get harder. Welfare and unemployment have to be brought under control. Welfare needs to return to "relief" as it was originally intended, although when there was no Welfare or unemployment, we got along OK with support of family and community. "Work" what a concept........
ReplyDeleteTwo very good points made by the pair of you! It is just going on 9 pm here in illannoy, I have finally called my workday to a close. The day started for me about 6am and with an exception of an hour and half nap this afternoon it has been nothing but work, despite breaking Dr. orders to work at all. At age 61 I managed in less than perfect health, to patch, skim coat, and prime (2 coats) just at 900 square feet of 120 year old plaster at a local church.
ReplyDeleteDid I really want to or feel like it? No, but I did it anyway.
Why? Because I have a family, and my daddy raised me with a good work ethic.
I suspect most readers here were raised in the same manner. I am know for certain I am not a lone wolf from a bygone era.
It is simply,(in my opinion), too many have been handed too much for too long for too little, and sometimes even for free. That is not the way this nation was built.
Off my soapbox now.
A most pleasant evening to all,
T
It is simply,(in my opinion), too many have been handed too much for too long for too little, and sometimes even for free. That is not the way this nation was built.
ReplyDeleteAmen.