They Pretend They're "Sane And Rational." We Pretend They're Relevant.

If the people organising the revolution against corporations can't even going to give up their products, what on Earth makes the organisers think that the Middle Class will ever join them in a massive consumer strike? 

Soccer moms do NOT want to live in North Korea.

Xburb dads do NOT want to live in Cuba.

“[In] 2011, the Chinese government prohibited on TV and films and in novels all stories that contain alternate reality or time travel.  This is a good sign for China. It means that people still dream about alternatives, so you have to prohibit this dream. Here, we don’t think of prohibition. Because the ruling system has even oppressed our capacity to dream. Look at the movies that we see all the time. It’s easy to imagine the end of the world. An asteroid destroying all life and so on. But you cannot imagine the end of capitalism.”

- Slavoj Zizek, OWS, in a speech where he implied capitalism is the equivalent of Chinese suppression

(Wake me up when tanks are mowing down students protesting for freedom in Times Square)

Pssst!  The American Middle Class IS overwhelmingly Christian

Democrats have praised OccupyWallStreeters and told us that the protestors speak for the Middle Class.  A few of the statements:

“I don’t know if they have the right message, but they have the right morals....They’re standing up and saying the things they feel deep inside that are working unjustly and unfairly against them and everybody ought to take heed, that it’s not only an ‘Arab Spring,’ but there is an ‘American Fall’ as well.” - Rep. John Lawson (D-CT)

“All of us should join that movement,” California Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee.

“We have been inspired by the growing grassroots movements on Wall Street and across the country.  We share the anger and frustration of so many Americans who have seen the enormous toll that an unchecked Wall Street has taken on the overwhelming majority of Americans while benefiting the super wealthy. We join the calls for corporate accountability and expanded middle-class opportunity. ” - Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairs Arizona Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva and Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison

“The gap between the haves and have nots continues to widen in the wake of the 2008 recession, precipitated by the banking industry.  Yet we are told we cannot afford to raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires to pay for better roads and help close this deficit? That’s not right. It’s time for all Americans to pay their fair share. And I’m so proud to see the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement standing up to this rampant corporate greed and peacefully participating in our democracy.” - New York Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter

“I applaud those protesters who are out there, who are focusing attention on Wall Street, but what we’ve got to do is put meat on that bone. We’ve got to make demands on Wall Street [and] break those institutions up.” - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

“Your presence is making a difference.  You’re exercising the right every American holds most dear: The right of freedom of expression. And with that expression, you’re finally getting the attention of the nation. Wall Street banks got billion dollar bailouts, yet the American people get austerity.” - Rep. Dennis Kuchinich, (D-OH)

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