Occupy My Quandaries

Some Humor brought to the otherwise sober natue of this post

In this disquisition I make it my goal to expose the antithesis that the demonstrating American citizens, referring to themselves as the 99%, have created within their efforts, and bring to light the ineffectiveness of their "movement". These demonstrators propose that they are opposed to the 1% and it is to my understanding they are most concerned with the capacious amounts of monetary value that the 1% controls. I would first like to state that the use of seemingly harmless everyday devices (i.e. the internet, phone service, generic clothing, and even this blog domain) is arguably the sole contributor to the breadth in monetary value between wealthily and the middle class. This is no doubt the product of Americas capitalist ideals but socialism or even communism should not be an alternative to the troubles of wealth we face as a nation. This brings me to conclude that one falsity portrayed by the "99%" is the idea of socialism being an answer to their problems. More government control of wealth may lead to the dissipation of the 1%, this would happen as a result of government acquisitions of wealth and industry, and the spread of the acquired wealth to the masses in forms better facilities better care for the citizen and a stronger national economy. However what is not realized by most is that socialism was created with the vision of a utopian society in mind. Socialism only works in a utopia because it relies on the cooperation of all the people and their wiliness to sacrifice material desires for equality. A utopia as defined by Thomas More is a place where everyone is equal socially and economically. This notion of socialism that supposedly dilutes the need for utopia would only end up down the path of a dystopia due solely to the existing force of not corporate greed but American greed. It is impossible to say that you don't enjoy material wealth, carnal pleasures, and even social acceptance, and it is mans desire for all this that defines America greed. As a species we desire the finer things in life and to cast that aside and live equally among your peers is a fundamentally flawed principle. Even mild equality such as cutting down the 1% would only result in calamity of desire and law. Another reason that the notion of socialism is fundamentally flawed is the problem of common property. This ties back to greed in the notion that with only the notion of benefitting you government is not enough intensive to prevent the overuse of common property. This is one of many ways the 99%s ideals are flawed but there are many more. They also try to expose corporate greed as a plague infecting the economy and people of America. The notion of corporate greed in reality is nothing more than a corporation valuing monetary gain of benefit to humanity. As Martin Luther King Junior said "We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind". This remains true today and I'm certain the demonstrating peoples all succumb to this notion of monetary power. Corporate greed proves only the fact that large corporations are run by humans with human values. Now that you have been shown the flaws of this movement it is only fair I provide you with my solution to the demonstrations miseries. First let us look at successful movements like this with similar goals, first lets examine the revolution Mohandas Gandhi inspired in India and its success in opposing the wealth extracted from them by the British (much like the 1% from the country). Gandhi believed in peace and his peaceful riots were among the most successful of his tactics. Next he used a tactic I believe no movement is successful without, this is the practice of boycott. Gandhi sewed his own robe and ate food procured under his watch by family and friends and not through the British. This tactic would be extremely useful for demonstrators and this is how I believe it could work. First you would delete all internet accounts such as Facebook, Google, and email services, done en masse this could leave many of the 1% bankrupt quite easily. Next stop using cell phones as these are what inspired a technology revelation that created large market which only made the 1% more wealthy. The boycott of many other items may be necessary but i believe that leaving the net and throwing out the technology en masse would be an amazing and effective revolution. The fact that I don't partake in that right now is only because I think that these movements are unprogressive and useless, but as great my distaste for this is I managed to remain unbiased in my ideals i have presented you with.