Yesterday marked the two year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. And to celebrate(or protest) they gathered in Zuccotti park again. Deep down I want to side with these guys. Not even that deep down. I agree with 95% of their message, but I have a lot of problems at their lack of direction and effectiveness. If you were to ask the people in this group what they were speaking out against they would have a laundry list of different answers, and while protesting may bring an issue to light, it isn’t doing much to change anything. It’s pretty easy for a bunch of kids with dreadlocks playing in a drum circle to be ignored. It’s New York City I can ignore just about anything. I just heard a bit by Doug Stanhope on his new Netflix special. He basically said that all these guys got done is fuck up a park. Which I can’t help but agree with. If you want to change the world you’re going to have to do more than sit in a park singing God Bless America and waving a placard.
