Random thoughts on occupy wall st movement

The occupy movement seems to have mushroomed all over the USA in many towns, cities and communities. The Occupy folks have disjointed and incoherent messages but the messages seem mostly to be about corporate greed and corporate influence in politics. Virtualy all messages also rail against the 1% superwealthy and how they should pay their fair share. I cannot even unravel the other messages which are mainly ultra- left and even veer toward outright soclalist/communist slogans.
This tough economy has indeed bred a growing discontent among many Americans but where does OWS fit in?. It is obvious that many Americans are being ground down and feel dispossessed and left out in the depression- level UE economy but is OWS a harbinger of this growing discontent or is it just a small minority of spoiled college- educated hippies with worthless humanities degrees.

It is obvious that OWS is angry at 'the system'. Is it corporate greed? Corporate domination of America? It is Capitalism? It is corrupt politicians? The messages are somewhat confused and muddled. Is it the growing disparity between the tiny minority of superrich and the rest of the 99%?. If they want to complain about the super-rich why are they not raging against hollywood and sports mega-rich superstars? Where is the middle class in all this?

We are indeed faced with a catastrophic economic meltdown,the worst since the 1930's Great Depresion, but it is not easily resolved by simpistic rants against the rich. Any radical wealth redistribution schemes will only result in totalitarian class warfare disasters like the world witnessed in Red China and the Soviet Union in the 20th century. There the proletariat 'will to power' became a crushing monster which eliminated all 'class' enemies of the state, often by murder and the gulag. Is that what OWS wants?.

Occupy LA update Nov 24 2011

It looks as if LA City will actually shut down Occupy LA within a week and likely sooner. On Thursday the City posted notices against overnite camping at City Hall. That indicates formal/legal intent to evict, sort of like a 3-day eviction notice



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Update on situation at OWS-LA Camp: The camp is poorly situated to have much effect on LA City operations and business activity because most LA pedestrian activity, shopping,and dining occurs well south & west of camp, along 6th st, at fashion district, along/atop bunker hill district, and along Figueroa St. The only way OLA can effect disruption is by going out of their camps to disrupt business activity elsewhere, say along Figueroa st where the big LA mega-corporations, banks and shops are located. Arco Plaza could be a inviting target but it takes a bit of legwork, negotiating arduous stairways and plaza terraces to get to main plaza. Always you have to deal with legions of low- payed mainly Hispanic & African-American security guards posted at every stairwell, building entrance, and behind office bldg desks. OWS-LA would have to deal directly against mostly minority security guards who are barely getting by and have families to support. Another words, OLA disrupts & clashes directly with low-payed 99 per centers

OLA is the most poorly situated large OWS camp in USA and poses little problems in the mammoth, spatially spaced-out and vertically imposing LA dwtn district. They might occasionally get help from the real disrupters, the big LA CA labor unions who can really organize an effective dwtn protest with powerful union muscle like the SEIU and Teachers Unions. However, these unions dislike clashing/confronting the powerful LA police union representing LAPD, who are a legionary imperial guard which protects the powerful city business interests , as well as the sleazly LA politicians who really don't give a crap about OLA but only about maintaining thier power and offices.

Thats why OWS-LA has been allowed to stay at their camp so long. They are regarded more as a minor pestilence/nuisance/embarrassment to LA City and its politician hacks. What really concerns LA City officials and depts are the negative enviromental effects & health/sanitary hazards of OWS-LA. There is no doubt that if the OLA camp was regularly sanitized by LA's health dept it would be allowed to stay. As I have documented all over my blog, LA is a fairly dismal crapped-out third world ghetto-hole anyway so OLA camp really does not mar LA's image in any way. It is solely the issue of health and sanitation which is determining factor over whether LA will or will not evict OLA

It looks as if LA City will finally quit playin games with OWS-LA and we will see OLA camp shut down very soon, perhaps as early as this weekend.