The nutcases protesting on Wall Street have no clue what they're protesting. A reporter the other day asked one young man, "What are you doing here?" He adamantly replied, "We're here to see capitalism replaced by a more just and equitable economic system!" "What would you replace capitalism with?" asked the reporter. The response was a total deer in the headlights look. The young man glanced to his right and his left for an answer from his fellow seekers of economic justice. They were all looking to someone else for the answer, too.
A laid-off truck driver from Kansas City, Steven Harris, was camped out by the Federal Reserve Building there. When asked why he was there, he said, "I've felt this way for a long time. I've really just kind of been waiting for a movement to come along that I thought would last and have some resonation (sic) within the community." He's just "been waiting" for a movement? He's unemployed, presumably with plenty of time on his hands -- if he felt that strongly, why didn't he start one? Maybe we've hit on why he doesn't have a job -- he's just "been waiting."
"Wall Street protests spread." The Dallas Morning News; October 4, 2011; p. 7A.
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