Wall Street protesters: We're in for the long haul

[garbon]

Heh, on a website where a thread started with a discussion of an anti-poverty demonstration and ended with a riff on the proper labelling of fine wines, I'm willing to bet that the majority of participants are members of the bourgeoisie. 

Define your terms

You're so silly.

[Habbaku]

A slightly amusing counter-point to the 99% movement:

the "We are the 53%" (of Americans who actually pay income tax):

http://the53.tumblr.com/

Now counter-slogans rarely have the resonance of the original, and of course there are only 6 pictures posted, but I thought it was amusing.

[Martinus]

I think the most correct description of garbon would be bourgeois who thinks he is la boheme.

That blue hair dye was probably bought with his parents' money.

[garbon]

I think the most correct description of garbon would be bourgeois who thinks he is la boheme.

That blue hair dye was probably bought with his parents' money.

I don't think that's what I think about myself.

Actually the hair dye was out of my own cash as I'd already had a couple part time jobs before I first dyed my hair blue.  But my mother was paying my food, schooling and lodging at that time. So mixed bag.

[crazy canuck]

I think the most correct description of garbon would be bourgeois who thinks he is la boheme.

That blue hair dye was probably bought with his parents' money.

I don't think that's what I think about myself.

Actually the hair dye was out of my own cash as I'd already had a couple part time jobs before I first dyed my hair blue.

Marti is the guy who wished he had dyed his hair when young but now that he is old he can only dream of being bourgeois.

[garbon]

I think the most correct description of garbon would be bourgeois who thinks he is la boheme.

That blue hair dye was probably bought with his parents' money.

I don't think that's what I think about myself.

Actually the hair dye was out of my own cash as I'd already had a couple part time jobs before I first dyed my hair blue.

Marti is the guy who wished he had dyed his hair when young but now that he is old he can only dream of being bourgeois.

I don't know. I'm thinking in my 60s that I want to shave my head bald and then wear crazy, outlandish wigs.

[crazy canuck]

I think the most correct description of garbon would be bourgeois who thinks he is la boheme.

That blue hair dye was probably bought with his parents' money.

I don't think that's what I think about myself.

Actually the hair dye was out of my own cash as I'd already had a couple part time jobs before I first dyed my hair blue.

Marti is the guy who wished he had dyed his hair when young but now that he is old he can only dream of being bourgeois.

I don't know. I'm thinking in my 60s that I want to shave my head bald and then wear crazy, outlandish wigs.

Thats because, at your age, 60 seems a long way away.

[Neil]

Bourgeois virtues are sobriety, thrift, and the accumulation of wealth.

Priggishness, vulgarity and social climbing.

See, but you come from a society that has made adopting the traits of the working class the end-all-be-all of good behavior.  British attitudes on class warfare aren't particularily useful, as they're too self-destructive.

[garbon]

Thats because, at your age, 60 seems a long way away.

I think it is because I long for another time when I can be in control of my appearance. Vague notions of retirement in my 60s, although perhaps 70s make for a good pick.

Thank you though for always assuming the worst in me.

[crazy canuck]

Thank you though for always assuming the worst in me.

I wasnt assuming the worst.  Simply assuming that you would not be all that different when you are sixty from what you are now.  If anything it was a great compliment.  But if you wish to assume the worst that is your choice.

[Alcibiades]

I found this extremely informative today:

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1


Any thoughts on this from you educated elites?

[Razgovory]

I found this extremely informative today:

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1


Any thoughts on this from you educated elites?

That's nice, but it still doesn't exactly tell us what they hope to accomplish.

[Alcibiades]

Nothing is going to be accomplished, way too late for anything to ever happen with how bad the problem in this country has grown.  Washington is already bought and spoken for decades ago.   

[crazy canuck]

Any thoughts on this from you educated elites?

Wall street as a pretty good movie but pictures of Darryl Hanna instead of Michael Douglas would have made the piece more readable.

[Admiral Yi]

I found this extremely informative today:

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1


Any thoughts on this from you educated elites?

The facts are what they are.

Things don't get controversial until people start saying what, if anything, should be done about those facts.