3 WEEKS STRONG!
The protesting that begun on Wall Street, NYC on September 17th has taken the nation by storm. With what begun on 1 American street has turned into a a protest in 1000 American cities!
What caused this?
The social and economic imbalance that has affected 99% of Americans.
What really caused this?
The reality of this continuing economic abyss is a problem on many levels:
First, being our forms of business and economy, which traces back to our Capitalistic economy. Our capitalistic tendency of viciousness, rise to win, and selfish sustainability has trickled down into the crevices of our society, affecting all our lives. Capitalism began when industrialism was given birth. When industrialism was given birth, our massive forms of transportation such as cars, subways, airplanes, ships and infrastructures of our cities were born. The gift of industrialism allowed us to do all that we can today such as travel and empower ourselves with production. But now that all our industrial jobs are being outsourced, and our People are becoming progressively educated, we don’t need to progress in a “industrial manner” anymore. What we need to do is progress through another route, a more elevated route. What is this route?
Second, is our political system. Our political system is directly influenced by our business structures of capitalism, powerful corporations and wealthy 1%. Let’s face it, when America declared independence from Britain in 1776, we were still dependent on commerce. Business is and has been our blood, and it is necessary for commerce and trading for our every day lives, but has it gone too far? Are we buying things we don’t need? Are we diluting our markets with extraordinarily-dull and useless products? We as the People, our culture, our community, our businesses and most importantly, our federal government needs to reflect on what we as a country need and don’t need. And this directly influences what we can and can not have. Yes, there may be consequences in this coming change, but it will be for long-term prosperity rather than short-term.
Third, is our cultural structures. Our artists, our entertainers, our People, our media, our icons and our social structures. We need to really take a look at what we as People need and don’t need. When someone wants Jack in the Box, everyone wants Jack in the Box. It’s a vicious vacuum of influence. It just takes more people to say, “we don’t want Jack in the Box,” so we all don’t want Jack in the Box. It is a matter of conscious decision, do you want to be “that guy” in our society of social degradation and uselessness, or do you want to be a champ?
What is the next step?
If you’ve been chiming in on the protests, you may have realized it is quite unorganized, chaotic and a vomit of ideas. What’s interesting is that, even though it is chaotic, it has been running strong for 3 weeks! That says something. It says that, it is a deeper problem than just our “economy.” As the protests influence other cities to have their own protests, it says that this isn’t just a problem of corporate America on Wall Street (although this is a huge chunk of the problem). This is a multi-faceted problem that is on the scale of the American Revolution (the dawn of our country) and it involves a conglomerate of issues that soon will be addressed. These issues include these “characters”:
Capitalism
Government
Culture
The 99%
The 1%
Other countries
and most important of all, Ecology.
So what’s the next step? Were finding out right now. These folks standing out on the street isn’t standing, sleeping and screaming there for one reason, if anything they are standing there for ALL the reasons. This is another “Mubarak overthrow in Egypt,” another “American Revolution,” another “Civil War.” We the People are now ready to push into a true transformative period. This crisis has built up to a plateau, and it is now the time to seriously reflect on our lives as a Individual, Neighborhood, Community, City, County, Metropolitan, State, Nation and even as a Planet.
So how can I learn more and how can I help?
Of course, the first step would be to sync in on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/OccupyWallSt).
If you have a Twitter, follow here: http://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallStNYC
Watch this video to learn more on why this all started (this is of course, not the only one):Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8o3peQq79Q&feature=youtu.be
There’s a cool 24 hour live video stream found here:Â http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution/
And if you would like to help, the best thing to do is to keep up to date with these social media sites, and spread the updates onto your social media sites. By simply sharing these links, you will be helping this cause spread like wildfire!
Thank you for reading and Occupy!
Written by Derick Lee
