October 15th (tomorrow) the Occupy Wall Street movement comes to the Vancouver Art Gallery and environs. I was thinking about checking it out: I am a disenfranchised university graduate dissatisfied with the status quo. In particular, the way we love things and use people. This protest is kind of an umbrella-protest against just everything that is wrong with the world. It's like throwing a tantrum because everyone and everything is unfair and you are really frustrated and don't know how to fix anything. Like the hockey riots, it's a cry for help with the real issue being spiritual malaise.
At any rate, I have decided that 'Abandoning Wall Street' seems like a better idea. Why not stop buying things? 'Wall Street' and most people pay attention when their money is at stake. This is the issue, right? People with money and 'power' making decisions from their wallets rather than their sense of conscience. Stop buying shit and see what happens to the stock market.
Stop going to the grocery store. I think the Post-Apocalyptic lifestyle is a much better form of protest. I noticed that the Occupy Vancouver Wishlist includes many shelter and electronic items, but no food items. Maybe I missed the part about the hunger strike.
How much food will the protesters purchase as they occupy the city? The profit from that food goes right into the pockets of the shareholders of SBUX(Starbucks), KFT(Kraft), MCD(McDonald's) and many others. In conclusion, I think Occupy Whatever is a waste of time and effort if change is the true objective.
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