to occupy naysayers ''tell me why?''

Well im not here to argue what others saw or have others argue what my experiences were. Thats why i do not and will not support occupy, period.

 

I had been hoping that the OWS movement would produce a new class of political leaders........ and Commentators.

Remembering how previous grass-roots movements had given us folk like Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. Folks who were press savvy and could articulate the issues of the day.

Media would go to them for quotes long after the Chicago protests and trial had ceased.

Perhaps it will yet happen,..... Perhaps OWS leaders have less of an ego, or large concerns for privacy ( and safety )

Our media is in full presidential mode now it would be good to hear from OWS

 

It isn't about earning anything back, it isn't about any of that. There would be no such thing as these protests if people didn't feel like they had nothing left to lose.

Think about it, America, England, developed countries tend to be the most unhappy! All this stuff we are filling our lives with, TV, games, phones, designer clothes, to fill a gap that just will not be filled. That stuff equates to nothing, it doesn't go with us when we die, our souls do and instead of dying with a blank soul overtaken by material wants, why not die with a happy soul.

This whole thing is fucked, the way our world works is just so wrong. Where I don't think Occupy will be as successful as it should be, I do believe these people have their hearts in the right place. All that is happening is the rich and getting richer, the poor are getting poorer or making no progress in the 'money food chain' at all, and innocent people are dying daily to fund the rich getting richer. The minority have such a powerful controlling hold over society, it is about time we break free!

I mean, I have seriously fuck all left to lose. My rent is due in 3 days - £800 - my bank account has £70 in it, nothing more, not to mention the fact I owe over £100 to the electric supplier. So I'll be getting kicked out on my ass next week, which will likely result in me either becoming homeless and having my baby taken away from me or having to live in hostels until I can find some kind of job that will take me on, and trust me I've tried. But what can 1 little 19 year old kid with a baby do? I'm already viewed as lowest of the low by society anyway, I tried proving them wrong and look where it landed me, in debt and 'soon to be' homeless... It takes society (or at least a majority) to make a difference, if enough people joined then we'd get somewhere, but too many turn a blind eye or judge by what they see in the media or even by word of mouth, you never know until you try.

'All in it together' - David Cameron
'Yes We Can' - Barrack Obama
I would be pretty happy if David Cameron swapped lives with me, just for a day, lived life as a poor/lower class single parent, applying daily for jobs to no avail, living off eating bread so that his kid could eat the healthy stuff he had to scrape together pennies to afford. Lol. Life sucks and I don't even have it half as bad as some people!! At least I have food to eat and running water and electricity. Point is, the rich will never understand what it is like for the lower and working classes until they experience it first hand, which will likely never happen. They don't give a crap because they have what they 'need'.

People seem to be so scared of people who 'rebel' and want more than this screwed society and economical prison we live in. Embrace them, that's what I say. Everyone deserves their own say, and if someone isn't happy with what they see, then they have the right to pitch a tent and stand their ground! Whether it will get them anywhere or not I don't know, but sitting at home sure as hell won't. As soon as I get kicked out, I've got a plan, whether it will work or not, I don't know, but it is worth a try. Anything is worth more than this.

Being aware is absolutely amazing and also extremely painfully crushing.

 

Tried to +rep you for that... It wouldn't let me.

 

I'm sorry things are bad for you and BabyPeace right now, MamaPeace :grouphug:

 

You can "like" the post if you aren't given out of those for the day. I had to. I couldn't rep her again yet either.

 

I don't need rep guys :grouphug:

But I do need people to understand and know why people go to extreme lengths for change, whether it be camping in a group of protesters or physically starving themselves to get their point across, any length is an extreme because it is doing something rather than nothing. I don't understand the world I live in, how people can be more interested in fancy cars and big houses with pools than what really matters? I've always been odd one out, I could stand in a crowd of people with holes in my clothes and no shoes on my feet, unbrushed hair and teeth and a stomach screaming out for a meal yet I'd still be the one with the biggest truest smile on my face, because material things are not a want or need, just a barrier, a divide.

We walk on an earth where everything has a number over its head. Rich/poor divides make it hard to even walk down the street without being judged for not having the nicest clothes or shoes. It shouldn't be this way. It is physically degrading!

To me, looking in the face of another human being, I don't see wealth, background, race, gender, style, or class, I just see myself. Another human being, exactly the same organism as me! But to some, looking into the face of another human being, they don't see any worth and that is what saddens me. One human is no better than another, no matter what privilliges they have or how and where they were brought up, it doesn't even matter what language they speak! National divides are just as damaging as social class divides, who gives a crap if your a Londoner, a Palestinian, an Eskimo, or an American!
WE ARE ALL THE SAME!
And that is what the 'elite powers' don't like, they don't like the fact that -however hard they may try not to be- they are exactly the same inside as the 19 year old single poor-ass mum living off pennies writing this message. They just can't and won't accept that, because if they did then I'm sure as hell they wouldn't be rich anymore and their money would go to helping their fellow human beings rather than destroying them.

And thats what I think these protests and movements should be about, equality. rather than we want this and that for ourselves, we should be wanting this and that for everybody as a whole, we all deserve it equally. I mean every country too, not just the states and UK, the third world countries need it too, they need to be loved and be equal with us, poverty are very different things in different nations. I'm classed as living in poverty here but I have food and water and warmth unlike those living in poverty in places in Africa, they have nothing, not even a drink of water that won't kill them. I hate being classed as being in poverty because I'm not, sure I have no cash or whatever but I still have things that others don't and desperately need, my poverty just doesn't compare one bit to theirs. Thats why we need equality, desperately.

 

You are so wise, MamaPeace.

 

MamaPeace, I've pm'd you about your housing situtation. I have worked in Homelessness for some years.