You fail to receive a few past-due notices about a $19 payment you missed on that TV you bought at Circuit City, and next thing you know a collector has filed a judgment against you for $3,000 in fees and interest. Or maybe you wake up one morning and your car is gone, legally repossessed by Vulture Inc., the debt-buying firm that bought your loan on the Internet from Chase for two cents on the dollar. This is why people hate Wall Street.
That, to me, is what Occupy Wall Street is addressing. People don't know exactly what they want, but as one friend of mine put it, they know one thing: FUCK THIS SHIT! We want something different: a different life, with different values, or at least a chance at different values.
I
completely agree with everything said in this article. When the OWS movement
began I did not may much mind to it, I just kind of ignored it. Then when it
began to pick up steam I had no idea what it was about. But after reading this
article, I get it. I also stand by the motive of the movement. Even though the
protesters do not have a specific goal, they are still moving in the right
direction for wanting change. They do not like the way the financial aspect of
the country is being run and frankly, neither do I. Matt Taibbi not only shows
the reader what OWS is about, but also tells the reader what is wrong with Wall
St and all the corruption that brought the economy down. The idea of the police
being a part of the system was also new to me and I never thought about that.
But after reading this it makes sense. Why are they hurting these protesters
for going against something that is wrong? It makes no sense, especially when
the real criminals are those rich bankers that stole people’s money. This essay
almost made me angry and even though this was a few years ago, I wasn’t it to
continue. I want there to be change and not minor change but major change.
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