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Originally Posted by Miss Tick

Michael Moore Explains OWS to Anderson Cooper: "This Movement is So Beyond, 'Hey Let's Get this Candidate Elected'"

Yesterday Anderson Cooper wondered where the Occupy movement is headed, what with the snow and the winter, and Michael Moore had an answer: "The snow and the winter is not going to stop the collective anger," he said from Occupy Oakland, while several supporters behind him shook their heads in agreement. "I think it will only harden peoples' resolve." And when Cooper wondered if candidates would "rise up" from the movement, or if the Democratic Party would be impacted? Moore explained it further: "This movement is so beyond, 'Hey let's get this candidate elected.' Those days are over... we've all participated... What did we get? Where are we? We're in the worst shape we have been in this country that I have seen in my lifetime."

i've always said that the people have a toleration threshold for corruption as long as they can provide for themselves. what really gets me is how the financial sector can take my savings from me, but when i expect it back it's suddenly "socialistic wealth spreading". what the hell is that? i've heard the argument that "when you invest in the market there is a risk of losing money" when having this convo with other people. sure there is. but when only the people who invest their money lose, and everyone involved in the control of that loss gains from it, then it's less like a loss and more like piracy. i want it back.