The end of America

[cityboy]

Have you ever sat around and been fearful in regards to your future, your families future or even your future family for that matter? Not because you are incapable as a provider but because there are things outside of your control that have the potential to derail your train of dreams.
Well...if you are like me, this occupy Wall St situation should help confirm some of those fears. These clowns, and any of its supporters are so misinformend and misguided they should be embarrassed to claim completion of any formal level of education. Don't get me wrong I'm not knocking their right to protest, but protest something that makes sense. I mean seriously, get a fucking clue about the history and details of the system and country in which you live before pulling yourself off the couch in your parents basement, grabbing your sleeping bag from the closet, asking mom for a ride in her range rover and settling into the park to craft nonsensical and shitty poster board projects for a month.
These donkeys signal the rise of the entitled. The Obama generation. People who think they are owed something and lack the self reliance and responsibility to work for it themselves. What happened? These folks have failed, their parents failed and the the govt has failed all of us by instilling in people what they think are "rights". The right to other people's hard work is not in the "Bill of Rights," trust me I just checked. There are now more of these a$$holes in this country than you and me, America is no a nation of net takers and morons.
I heard they were protesting "corporate greed." What does that mean? I don't get it...what do you want. Corporations are greedy because they make money? That's the fucking point you half wit. What do you want them to do? Goldman: "ahhh yes we were on pace for a solid quarter but it looked to us as though we were going to make a profit so we gave away a couple billion dollars to the fiscally irresponsible protesters outside our office."
Honestly, its embarrassing that common sense has escaped so many people. We can only hope a meteor hits that park.

In sostanza l'articoletto dice che chi i manifestanti contro Wall Street lo fanno senza sapere realmente ciò che stanno portando avanti, dal momento che il motivo centrale della protesta è l'avidità delle imprese/banche tipica del sistema capitalistico. Ma questo atteggiamento è normale dato che questi enti operano in un sistema capitalistico.
Quindi mancano di senso comune, di senso pratico e di senso della realtà.

[cityboy]

Interessante commento all'articolo:

I'll never understand how someone can simultaneously rail on freeloaders while defending the banks who are the biggest freeloaders of all.

[Piett]

Tipico commento da destro americano. Certo in movimenti di protesta simili si dicono e si fanno cazzate criticabili, ma se per quello di stronzate se ne dicono anche nel tea party, dove ci stanno dentro vegliardi che si oppongono alle riforme della sanità in senso universalistico ma al loro medicare non ci rinunciano neanche col fucile puntanto alla testa.
Comunque non c'è stata l' "end of America" negli anni sessanta, non ci sarà neanche adesso.

[cityboy]

Dear Investor:

Up until now, Goldman Sachs has been silent on the subject of the protest movement known as Occupy Wall Street. That does not mean, however, that it has not been very much on our minds. As thousands have gathered in Lower Manhattan, passionately expressing their deep discontent with the status quo, we have taken note of these protests. And we have asked ourselves this question:

How can we make money off them?

The answer is the newly launched Goldman Sachs Global Rage Fund, whose investment objective is to monetize the Occupy Wall Street protests as they spread around the world. At Goldman, we recognize that the capitalist system as we know it is circling the drain - but there's plenty of money to be made on the way down.
The Rage Fund will seek out opportunities to invest in products that are poised to benefit from the spreading protests, from police batons and barricades to stun guns and forehead bandages. Furthermore, as clashes
between police and protesters turn ever more violent, we are making significant bets on companies that manufacture replacements for broken windows and overturned cars, as well as the raw materials necessary for the construction and incineration of effigies.
It would be tempting, at a time like this, to say "Let them eat cake." But at Goldman, we are actively seeking to corner the market in cake futures. We project that through our aggressive market manipulation, the price of a piece of cake will quadruple by the end of 2011.
Please contact your Goldman representative for a full prospectus. As the world descends into a Darwinian free-for-all, the Goldman Sachs Rage Fund is a great way to tell the protesters, "Occupy this." We haven't felt so good about something we've sold since our souls.

Yours Sincerely,

Lloyd Blankfein
Chairman, Goldman Sachs