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Do you know the Mantra of the Occupy Wall Street protesters?

Well, here it is:

Here is the Mantra for the Wall Street ( and around the Country) Protesters...the 99%:

WE ARE THE 99% :

As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.

They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.

They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.

They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one's skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.

They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.

They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless nonhuman animals, and actively hide these practices.

They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.

They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.

They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers' healthcare and pay.

They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.

They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.

They have sold our privacy as a commodity.

They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.

They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.

They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.

They have donated large sums of money to politicians supposed to be regulating them.

They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.

They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people's lives in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantive profit.

They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.

They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.

They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.

They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.

They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.

They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.*

To the people of the world,

We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.

To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.

Join us and make your voices heard!

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  • 10 years ago
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    We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.

    -We took out mortgages above our means and want others to pay them.

    -We are jealous of success and ungrateful to the government for propping up the banks

    -We love to play the race card. It gets us advantages we did not earn.

    -We don't want to pay fair prices for food

    -We do not understand that humans are omnivores.

    -We want more money to do less because that is somehow fair to others.

    -We are confused into thinking free education is a right. Someday we will be smarter than that.

    -We are uncompetitive and have no idea where the jobs went.

    -We have no influence for obvious reasons.

    -We think that people who only want to pay for health insurance when they need it should receive the same cost and benefits as those who have contributed regularly and think it is fair.

    -We log onto facebook and tell the world about ourselves, then complain about privacy.

    -We act like sheep and believe all the TV tells us.

    -We still don't understand that manufactured goods cannot have a 100% yield.

    -Liberal tax and spend policies have ruined our economy, so lets blame the banks instead.

    I could go on, but it is obvious how ridiculous their mantra is and how it just seeks to motivate others to be a part of the problem instead of a part of the solution

  • mizer
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Says the guy who's gullible adequate to have faith there's a difference between Republicans and Democrats lol a minimum of you extra coach that each and each physique prejudice is the two in line with lack of expertise and finally hypocritical :) worldwide firms/worldwide Banks pay off "representatives" on the two aspects of the isle. Reagan, Bush SR., Clinton, Bush Jr., Obama, Pelosi, Boehner, etc. Sellouts mate.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I agree that corporate interest has overtaken our own well being. Whos pockets did the bailout wind up in? The upper crust 1% got most of it in exec bonuses

    I gave up on that system. Credit companies and banks have not gotten my money since August 2007 when they re arranged the order of transactions to hit me with over 2 dozen overdraft fees. I will not be paying into that system again.

    While the occupy movements have my interest it is most effective to keep their hands off of our money. Cash your checks at the issuing bank for free. Don't hold accounts. Good luck

  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Did you see Chicago traders respond with signs in the windows saying - we are the 1% ??

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