The beauty of this protest is that it represents the best of what America has to offer. A plurality of perspectives, cultures, ages, classes, and ethnicities coming together to ensure that as a collective we force our government to remember who they are supposed to serve and protect. The Grand Old Party needs to realize that this is not the country it once was, which is phenomenal because our country was built on the backs of slaves and genocide. WE NEED TO FACE OURSELVES! This protest is an amalgamation of individuals, who think for themselves, and have made a choice to not accept the status quo. The top 1% is afraid of the 99% and are trying to label this occupation, so they can easily attack it. Well not this time. You can't divide and conquer individual free thinkers.
One of the most amazing things about yesterday, is that we didn't seek to debate with each other, or fight. We just wanted to chant and sing, and create music with our right to free speech. As I navigated the crowd, I was able to get on board with the idea that corporate greed has got to go, and briskly walked away from the section that espoused the belief that this country will fix the deficit simply by ending the wars and taxing the rich (In fact, I think that this is the ABSOLUTE wrong time to cut the deficit. This country needs to invest in infrastructure projects, and spend a lot while labor is cheap.)
I am not attacking those with money, this is not warfare, but at the end of the day the top 1% needs to understand that their desire to be excessively rich, has exponentially more negative effects on over 300 million Americans. We the 99% love this country and want to help make it stronger, but we need the top 1% to be willing to work with us. As a nation we need to start thinking about how we can work together.
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