It appears some of the Occupiers discover reality

Streck-Fu · 10-21-2011, 09:22

Eventually they will learn that people are people and any attempt to organize looks a lot like government and managing money looks a lot like banking.

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The drummers claim that the finance working group even levied a percussion tax of sorts, taking up to half of the $150-300 a day that the drum circle was receiving in tips. “Now they have over $500,000 from all sorts of places,” said Engelerdt. “We’re like, what’s going on here? They’re like the banks we’re protesting."

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“Someone has to be told what to do," she said. "Someone needs to give orders. There’s no sense of order in this fvcking place.”

Badger52 · 10-21-2011, 10:29

Collateral story here.

The leaderless Occupy Wall Street encampment is shifting away from its anarchic roots to something resembling a governed society, and not everyone in Zuccotti Park is happy about it. Daily Intel's Alex Klein investigated the rifts within the movement--where a general assembly model is giving way to a "spokescouncil" model where people can make rules about things like cleanup, neighborhood relations, security, and--perhaps most ominously for inter-demonstrator harmony--money. Says one member of the drum circle who've had to quiet their percussion section in the face of noise complaints:

The drummers claim that the finance working group even levied a percussion tax of sorts, taking up to half of the $150-300 a day that the drum circle was receiving in tips. “Now they have over $500,000 from all sorts of places,” said Engelerdt. “We’re like, what’s going on here? They’re like the banks we’re protesting."

But organizers have a plan to weed out such dissidents. Said one organizer: "Personally, I cannot wait for winter. It will clear out these people who aren’t here for the right reasons. Bring on the snow. The real revolutionaries will stay in -50 degrees."

Let me know how that works out. (Cue horses & sabers from Dr. Zhivago action scene.)

Dusty · 10-21-2011, 10:41

Wait 'til it gets cold.

Richard · 10-21-2011, 10:45

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Originally Posted by Dusty

Wait 'til it gets cold.

...and wet...!!!

Richard

JJ_BPK · 10-21-2011, 12:18

I think we are watching the resurrection of a New and Improved 21st Century Tammany Hall..

http://www.racontours.com/archive/tammany.php

Is Barry The Street Organizer,,
The new Boss Tweed incarnate???

Is the Mexican Drug cartel,,
The New Five Points Gang??

Guy · 10-21-2011, 12:33

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Originally Posted by Dusty

Wait 'til it gets cold.

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Originally Posted by Richard

...and wet...!!!

Richard

And the crime rate will go down also....

Badger52 · 10-21-2011, 12:51

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Originally Posted by Guy

And the crime rate will go down also....

Yep, those walking event horizons carrying the signs are currently prey items for the regular denizens.

Baht Dog · 10-21-2011, 18:33

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Originally Posted by Streck-Fu

Eventually they will learn that people are people and any attempt to organize looks a lot like government and managing money looks a lot like banking.

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It reminds me of that South Park episode where a bunch of hippies say to the effect of:

Hippie: "YEAH! And we'll make, like communities of people and stuff"

Stan Marsh: "Yeah, we already have those. They're called towns."

Hippie: "Yeah and we'll like have guys who make like you know, uh bread and bake it and stuff."

Stan Marsh: "Yeah dude, we already have those. They're called bakers".

Hippie: "Dig it dude, and we'll like have people who you know, go around and protect other people and stuff"

Stan Marsh: "Yeah you stupid douche, those are called cops".

And so on.

hetzer · 10-21-2011, 23:19

George Orwell was a genius. To paraphrase, "All Wall Street Occupiers are equal, but some are more equal than others."