If this thread has ben done a billion times (or one and it was moderately popular), I apologize. Just let it die if so.
Anyways, I was just wondering what the members of the escapist's stance on Occupy was, that big movement that was started on the internet is and still ongoing.
In my opinion, after glancing over the Facebook page and comments on the pictures of my town's occupy, I think I'm starting to see why some people don't take it seriously. I'm all for the idea. Corporate corruption and lobbying need to be stopped, and anyone who's not on top has been suffering from it. But the people are where I get put off. Honestly, some of these people are just...pricks. I tend to use the overly generalized term "individualist hipsters" a lot, but It's looking like a perfect definition of some of these people.
They wear the guy fawkes mask and claim "We are anon! We are the storm! WE ARE COMING!" Like, this is enough Libyan or Egyptian revolution. And then they're overly quick and quite happy to call anyone who dares speak against the movement sheep. Like they're all free-thinkers and we're all pre-programmed robots who literally do not contain the capacity to even begin to comprehend free will.
Love the movement, hate the people, not sure if I like the way they're handling it...
I don't want to start an argument here, though, even though it will probably happen, I just want to hear your thoughts, maybe get a new opinion in my head, learn something, and hear a new perspective since I'm pretty indifferent and above was just an observational rant.
Anyways, I was just wondering what the members of the escapist's stance on Occupy was, that big movement that was started on the internet is and still ongoing.
In my opinion, after glancing over the Facebook page and comments on the pictures of my town's occupy, I think I'm starting to see why some people don't take it seriously. I'm all for the idea. Corporate corruption and lobbying need to be stopped, and anyone who's not on top has been suffering from it. But the people are where I get put off. Honestly, some of these people are just...pricks. I tend to use the overly generalized term "individualist hipsters" a lot, but It's looking like a perfect definition of some of these people.
They wear the guy fawkes mask and claim "We are anon! We are the storm! WE ARE COMING!" Like, this is enough Libyan or Egyptian revolution. And then they're overly quick and quite happy to call anyone who dares speak against the movement sheep. Like they're all free-thinkers and we're all pre-programmed robots who literally do not contain the capacity to even begin to comprehend free will.
Love the movement, hate the people, not sure if I like the way they're handling it...
I don't want to start an argument here, though, even though it will probably happen, I just want to hear your thoughts, maybe get a new opinion in my head, learn something, and hear a new perspective since I'm pretty indifferent and above was just an observational rant.