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Frank Miller's take on Occupy Wall Street
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/13/frank-miller-occupy/ <-- there's the link
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i am dissapoint frank.
But seriously, the way he's been spiraling down, none of this is surprising.
Good one.
The "ugly fashion statement by a bunch of iPhone, iPad wielding spoiled brats" characterization of the movement chafes. It's just an impression that can't be maintained once you've actually been there. It's the sort of idea of Occupy you get third-hand, at most.
(I was going to go into more detail, but then I remembered that earlier today the Occupy encampments where I live had been forcibly broken up by the police, so who knows where it's going from here.)
I didn't approve of the British faction's choice of place to occupy (see earlier thread) and, insofar as any of the protestors are pro-anarchism, I don't see that working as a way of running society. But this is the standard of debate you get between drunks in a bar.
Also, America is not currently at war with a deadly enemy. It is currently making its best troops charge around a bombed out wasteland in pursuit of a bunch of unemployed teenagers with RPGs in support of an incredibly unpopular government that it set up. I wish American and British conservatives would stop pretending the Taliban are like Hitler's elite panzer divisions or something.
Anyway, I think the Occupy movement is too large and is involved with too many activities and views for me to be willing to align myself with them- not because that's necessarily a bad thing, it's just that supporting them would involve association with some of the nutjobs and excesses that occur in any large group- but the main idea behind the movement- that a small portion of the population controls an unfairly large portion of wealth- is valid, and I have a hard time believing someone who disagrees is paying attention. It's not like I think communism is going to work, but I don't think the problem would be nearly so bad if private money didn't play such a big role in politics, businesses were better regulated, and the wealthy paid their fair share of taxes. I don't claim to know a decent solution, but I guess that's besides the point.
Also, I don't think anyone on the left with a pragmatic view of politics seriously wants to cause problems for Obama. That will just hurt his chances for reelection, and the Republican party hasn't really been putting out any candidates that are especially enticing.
What 'invasion'?
^^^What pragmatic view? Damned if you do, damned if you don't? Obama is certainly not left.
It's beginning to look like a self-fulfilling prophecy down there. You know your leader isn't good and the main opposition is even more shit, but you don't dare vote for anyone else because "It's a two-party system!"
Though I guess that third parties down there have the downside of being unproven as leaders.
Genereally, though, I think complaints that a president isn't getting enough results are a better sign than complaints that a president is causing problems.