#Occupy

[Mr. Blonde]

Whatever you say, economy-destroyer.

[Repugnant Abomination]

If Blonde and DJFC made love, who do you think would be on the bottom?

[ninjaface]

Originally Posted by Repugnant Abomination

If Blonde and DJFC made love, who do you think would be on the bottom?

The 99% LOL

[Mr. Blonde]

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[thekremlin]

I remember one day at work. FC said "I think I might destroy the economy today." I was all "No, brah, think of how peeved people are gonna be." He was like "Whatevs."

True story.

[DDTempest]

Originally Posted by thekremlin

I remember one day at work. FC said "I think I might destroy the economy today." I was all "No, brah, think of how peeved people are gonna be." He was like "Whatevs."

True story.

Sounds like a bullshit Zionist conspiracy to me, I'm not buying it.

[Mr. Blonde]

Bank Executives On 15th Floor Gambling On Which Occupy Wall Street Protester Will Be Arrested Next | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

[DJ FC]

Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde

Bank Executives On 15th Floor Gambling On Which Occupy Wall Street Protester Will Be Arrested Next | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

That is more accurate than you'd believe. Something we'd totally do actually.

[Saint DH]

These guys are regular modern day heroes.

SoCal Street Cart Vendors Hurting After ‘Occupy’ Group Splatters Blood, Urine CBS Los Angeles

The occupy movement once again proves itself as nothing but a bunch of losers looking for someone to blame.

[Beebs]

What is the actual number for the "1%" in terms of annual gross income? Most of the people the "activists" seem to be focusing on seem to be well above that, right?

[Saint DH]

I was just thinking about this today actually. $250,000 is the income level to be in the 1%. That's certainly not rich, but I think you're right in that these people are associating the 1% with what is more likely the .01%.

[Mr. Blonde]

Originally Posted by Dirty Harry

I was just thinking about this today actually. $250,000 is the income level to be in the 1%. That's certainly not rich, but I think you're right in that these people are associating the 1% with what is more likely the .01%.

Occupy Wall Street: Who is the top 1% for income? - Oct. 20, 2011

250k a year is wealthy when most people make between 0-40k a year. Whatever your personal definition is as a rich-person-dick-sucker (which is, of course, why you support them so much -- it's your only real way of being wealthy in the future, as you are nothing but a talking point parroter on these issues) doesn't matter. That's wealthy.

[Beebs]

So does the vitriol, blame, and shame of the worlds problems should be shouldered by someone pulling in 250k?

Does him making that make somebody else more or less likely to make more money? I'd say more.

[Mr. Blonde]

Does him making that make somebody else more or less responsible to help solve the worlds problems? I'd say more.

[Beebs]

Him making money makes somebody else more responsible to solve the worlds problems? How and why? Even if true, he makes it more possible for the other person to help solve the worlds problems.

[Mr. Blonde]

Originally Posted by Beebs

Does him making that make somebody else more or less likely to make more money? I'd say more.

How and why?

[Beebs]

Somebody with 250k a year is going to have a little extra disposable income, this is going to help some local business, he's obviously getting that money from somewhere, likely by being a highly competent employee, he is paying more taxes than 99% of the country, he gives more to charity, he is more likely to start his own business, he keeps money in the bank allowing the bank to lend more, he probably has investments allowing companies to raise capital.

Now on to how he makes a stranger more responsible for solving world problems.

[Mr. Blonde]

Originally Posted by Beebs

likely by being a highly competent employee

Hard to believe this. Sorry.

[Mr. Blonde]

Originally Posted by Beebs

Now on to how he makes a stranger more responsible for solving world problems.

Somebody with 250k a year is mostly going to worry about getting their own personal family richer with a very selfish "I got here without any help ever" attitude, even though they have a little extra disposable income to help influence local politics, he's obviously getting that money from somewhere, likely by having the right connections, which he can use to help other people, assuming that is what wealthy people feel thy should do. While he is paying more taxes than 99% of the country, there is absolutely no guarantee whatsoever that he gives to charity. He has the capital to start his own business, but will probably start that business in a very banal and repetitive vein which is mostly profit-centered rather than focused on solving large scale practical problems of mankind, he keeps money in the bank because what other option does he have, but banks aren't currently lending to many people because of the elite that already ruined the country in the financial crisis. He probably has investments allowing himself to get richer and perpetuate the class gap.



However, I probably won't post more in this vein on here. FC, You, Felix and DH are all closet conservatives who can't justify the social issues of the Republican party but have clearly drank the Kool-Aid when it comes to how "effective" our financial system is. I can't stand up to that kind of knowledge alone, and the rest of Nubblies are either apathetic or too big pussies to say anything to back me up on this.

So go ahead. You win on Nubblies. You'll never get it, probably.

[Beebs]

Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde

Somebody with 250k a year is mostly going to worry about getting their own personal family richer with a very selfish "I got here without any help ever" attitude, even though they have a little extra disposable income to help influence local politics, he's obviously getting that money from somewhere, likely by having the right connections, which he can use to help other people, assuming that is what wealthy people feel thy should do. While he is paying more taxes than 99% of the country, there is absolutely no guarantee whatsoever that he gives to charity. He has the capital to start his own business, but will probably start that business in a very banal and repetitive vein which is mostly profit-centered rather than focused on solving large scale practical problems of mankind, he keeps money in the bank because what other option does he have, but banks aren't currently lending to many people because of the elite that already ruined the country in the financial crisis. He probably has investments allowing himself to get richer and perpetuate the class gap.

How in the fuck can you deduce the bold part? So basically they are rich because they are bad people, and also bad people because they are rich? Where the fuck does this come from?

My list is factual statistically, yours is based on Montgomery Burns.

A business that is profit-centered? No shit? There is no money to help people without profit; there are no NGOs, there are no charities, there is really no way to help outside of direct human labor, which is not that effective.

What exactly should this evil hypothetical cartoon of yours do to turn his life around? If he had a time machine? What exactly do you want people to do? Who is going to provide the backing for that which progresses the world?

[Mr. Blonde]

Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde

However, I probably won't post more in this vein on here. FC, You, Felix and DH are all closet conservatives who can't justify the social issues of the Republican party but have clearly drank the Kool-Aid when it comes to how "effective" our financial system is. I can't stand up to that kind of knowledge alone, and the rest of Nubblies are either apathetic or too big pussies to say anything to back me up on this.

So go ahead. You win on Nubblies. You'll never get it, probably.

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[Beebs]

Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde

However, I probably won't post more in this vein on here. FC, You, Felix and DH are all closet conservatives who can't justify the social issues of the Republican party but have clearly drank the Kool-Aid when it comes to how "effective" our financial system is. I can't stand up to that kind of knowledge alone, and the rest of Nubblies are either apathetic or too big pussies to say anything to back me up on this.

So go ahead. You win on Nubblies. You'll never get it, probably.

I really don't even get what you are accusing me of; I'm not a closet anything, I'm a pretty open libertarian. What are you looking for back up on? That shit is fucked up sometimes? Sure is. The issue is what to actually do about it, and the answer isn't to blindly vilify people who make a certain amount of money.

So passive aggressively call people smug, whilst telling them that they will "never get it" without a hint of irony, but I really don't think people are going to argue that there is a lot of shit wrong in the world, but they are not going to fucking take it as gospel from you as to why shit is wrong and how to fix it, sorry.

[Repugnant Abomination]

How dare you question our "job creating" overlords, Blonde!

[Beebs]

You don't have to create a job to improve the world.

Nor do you have to disavow your worldly possessions and dig irrigation ditches in Somalia.

[Mr. Blonde]

Originally Posted by Beebs

So passive aggressively call people smug, whilst telling them that they will "never get it" without a hint of irony, but I really don't think people are going to argue that there is a lot of shit wrong in the world, but they are not going to fucking take it as gospel from you as to why shit is wrong and how to fix it, sorry.

I say you'll never get it in the exact same way the likes of you and FC would say to me that i'll never get it. My point is that we really are diametrically opposed here and there is no real way that either of us is ever going to see each other's side as the other sees it. Because of how we were raised and brought up and whatever educational background and life experiences I will never see things how you do, and you will never see things how I do.

Personally I think you guys put the wealthy on some sort of savior pedestal and view them as the kind of people who will "save the world" merely by having money, some kind of special class breed that, because they have money, makes them some kind of superhuman. You ignore the millions of people who, were they given the right chances to work hard and make money, could do exactly the same thing, maybe better?

But they don't have the money, so fuck them. They don't have the right to protest. They dont' have the right to be angry at the wage gap. They don't have a right to fight classism. They're just lazy fucking hippies. Maybe if they got an entry level job at corporate (fucking laughable these days) and worked their way up from the bottom over the course of 25 years they might, MIGHT have a chance of being one of the 1%!!! Then let's see how they feel about being taxed more! Or maybe if they were REALLY good people, they'd get to work for their parents white collar companies. What a bunch of lazy fucks.


Seriously. If people want to protest, shut the fuck up and let them protest. If they are doing it pointlessly, then why are people so concerned about their affairs?