(One must, however, wonder whether the "occupiers" are merely after reform.
Nevertheless, even that would be progress....)
....This blog was formerly titled "A Yankee Gringo in Mean Wien"--more elegant than the current title, I know....but living in Wien was a hell of a lot nicer than living in El Paso. ..a nicer title because Wien was a nicer place... and if you want to see what shit El Paso's bus system really is, check out the link (below) to the Bratislava Public Transit System--third rate by European standards, but head over heels above the El Paso Bus System. ---EPTX-a desert outpost of a cruel empire....
RATING:
Do the participants in "Occupy Wall Street" want reform? I found an apt comment at The Guardian,which I shall now quote:
ReplyDeletequestion OWS's direction even while I support them. It seems they want reform, i.e. Capitalism with a human face. A little bit more tolerant, a little bit more just and equal, et. But it is still the same oppressive system. This is a question I've been thinking about: Is necessary wage-labor for means of subsistence a type of servitude to the totality of owners of the means of production? If so, the capitalist mode of production is illegal in the US per 13th amendment.
---benr27
3 October 2011 5:31pm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/oct/03/occupy-wall-street-protests-live#start-of-comments