Lord Azaghul
10-13-2011, 04:02 PM
So for those not in the US...this 'occupy wall street' thing has been going on for a couple of weeks.
I've been following news stories (which seem to want to compare it to the 'Arab Spring'), reading through various commentaries (which turns into extreme left vs right trolling).
And well, I don't see that point. The new media really seems to like them ( I can't for the life of me figure out why)...then in dawned on me.
There are this generations 'hippies'
At first I was amused with this conclusion...and now I'm annoyed.
Hippies - are the ones in charge now, my parents generation if you will, these are the ones who, IMO, are responsible for our current economic conditions.
I'm 30 years old. Married, I have a college education, I have a steady job and have for years. I have bills just like everyone else. I don't own a single apple product (I'm just not interested in them). I look for value in all my purchases (except gaming :P ) and I make it a goal to build up my retirement and my savings...
In short. I'm doing ok. Not the filth rich famous person I though I'd be when I was 12...but hey I"m alright with that.
The last thing I wanted to see what this next generation of 'educated' people develop the hippy mentalities and ideals that have wormed there way into culture, ideals that shirk from individual responsibilities, and toward instant gratification, the short shortsightedness is mind boggling! The inability to plan or prepare for the future...agh!
Don't get me wrong I have problems with the whole 'corporate' as an 'individual' in the eyes of the law.
I work for a large corp, its a crap shoot, but you know what - I've chosen to work here. My choice.
I have big problems with how the US government works - our electoral system and system of representatives need a huge overall .
And you know what, I vote. If I don't like how a rep is behaving or voting - I vote that way! My Choice.
But we don't always get what we want in life do we...that to is part of life.
I was hoping that next generation would be fair less cynical them mine, optimistic and eager to prove themselves and change the world for the better. That they would except the challenges before them and move through them - but I'm just not seeing any of that in the OWS movement.
I'm seeing a hair of good intention with a horse load of ignorance = hippies
I've been following news stories (which seem to want to compare it to the 'Arab Spring'), reading through various commentaries (which turns into extreme left vs right trolling).
And well, I don't see that point. The new media really seems to like them ( I can't for the life of me figure out why)...then in dawned on me.
There are this generations 'hippies'
At first I was amused with this conclusion...and now I'm annoyed.
Hippies - are the ones in charge now, my parents generation if you will, these are the ones who, IMO, are responsible for our current economic conditions.
I'm 30 years old. Married, I have a college education, I have a steady job and have for years. I have bills just like everyone else. I don't own a single apple product (I'm just not interested in them). I look for value in all my purchases (except gaming :P ) and I make it a goal to build up my retirement and my savings...
In short. I'm doing ok. Not the filth rich famous person I though I'd be when I was 12...but hey I"m alright with that.
The last thing I wanted to see what this next generation of 'educated' people develop the hippy mentalities and ideals that have wormed there way into culture, ideals that shirk from individual responsibilities, and toward instant gratification, the short shortsightedness is mind boggling! The inability to plan or prepare for the future...agh!
Don't get me wrong I have problems with the whole 'corporate' as an 'individual' in the eyes of the law.
I work for a large corp, its a crap shoot, but you know what - I've chosen to work here. My choice.
I have big problems with how the US government works - our electoral system and system of representatives need a huge overall .
And you know what, I vote. If I don't like how a rep is behaving or voting - I vote that way! My Choice.
But we don't always get what we want in life do we...that to is part of life.
I was hoping that next generation would be fair less cynical them mine, optimistic and eager to prove themselves and change the world for the better. That they would except the challenges before them and move through them - but I'm just not seeing any of that in the OWS movement.
I'm seeing a hair of good intention with a horse load of ignorance = hippies