18 September 2011

#TakeWallStreet is a self-contained belljar of fake populism

Let's be honest with ourselves. The crowd in this #TakeWallStreet vid from yesterday's launch of the occupation appears to be 99.9% white folks of middle-class backgrounds who never got off their laptops and phones to get serious about organizing the folks who are suffering most under corporate dominance. 99% white event in NYC where whites are the minority?? (numerically speaking, anyhow)

I admire the moxy of the concept for this movement. But something is clearly wrong. There has obviously been a complete failure to join forces with the grassroots of NYC. This looks like a bunch of out of towners who rode in on MetroNorth. Sorry folks, you do NOT represent "the 99%". If my post puts your nose out of joint, why don't you look in the mirror and check what color it is.


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