Intro to the quote:
Observing Occupy Wall Street protesters right there by Zuccotti park, my cynic mind could not help itself to see social, rather than political event. Guys and gals hanging around, having a good time. Many analysts from all over the world have been trying to understand if these people have any agenda, if their protesting have some sort of intelligent purpose. And there is nothing… Just young people with nothing better to do being upset that they cannot become rich and famous overnight. Very few of them have attained above average complex of general knowledge and they know nothing about work ethics. In their poorly constructed bursts of words they bring up "disappearance of the middle class," but none of them understands that you are not born into middle class – you have to work for it, and maybe after 20 years of professional excellence you can claim your rightful place among its members. The paper wealth of Wall Street phenomenon is a perversion, no question about that. But securities balloons are not the only reasons middle class disappears in this country. None of the protesters want to work real jobs to earn their daily bread, or start small businesses that would keep them physically and mentally busy 24/7. Instead they want to magically transport themselves into the very places occupied by people with million-dollar bonuses they claim to despise.
And then there was that September 30th plot concocted by the protest organizers in order to get more people on location by announcing a Radiohead appearance?! People who supposedly oppose the concept of misleading, blatantly lied to the general public! What's up with that? There could only be three possible explanations why these protesters did not run away in shame after the falsification was exposed – they are either blind, stupid, or really have nothing else to do.
Meanwhile, the electronics were polluted with the false news of Radiohead's "spontaneous concert", and exchanges among some people I know have produced some wonderful pearls (I know a few very smart people). One of my funniest friends felt sorry for the "poor hippies crawling over each other's stomped bodies."
But the first prize definitely goes to the following quote:
"It's the perfect cherry on top of their worship of spectacle rather than substance."
Zach Caceras
The Frustrated CFO 