From elsewhere...

[susandennis]

On Google+ (https://plus.google.com/110340962945642622580/posts/Bch3GQAKWxz), I said:

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I think the main thing that bothers me most about the Occupy Wall Street people is their amazingly inflated and misplaced (at least in my opinion) sense of entitlement.

Comments

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

Well, me, I'm not too up on what Occupy Wall Street per se is doing.

I do agree with the goals I'm seeing from them.

I do think that we need more support for education, so people might have to take out some loans, but not the crushing piles of debt they end up with, and we certainly shouldn't be privileging that debt so that it can't be gotten rid of, even in a bankruptcy.

I think we need to revisit the policies that make earning money by just moving money and making bets on financial outcomes so lucrative, and find ways to make it more lucrative to make something, or provide some non-financial service.

For about 30 years, we've been saying "what will make America great is each individual person trying to be wealthy, so let's make sure that we're good to the rich" Well, in those 30 years, we've seen that the working class keeps getting ground down, slowly.

I'm not as concerned about Occupy Wall Street, as in, the collection of people that are having their pictures taken or marching here or there. But I'm very concerned about the things that generated the movement.

[susandennis]

Over on G+ my comment is generating mostly comments pointing out how wrong I am. One implies that I'm in no position to judge because I am privileged and wealthy. For some reason, I don't feel compelled to fight the battle there or maybe anywhere.

But, your points are ones that I had not really thought about and now think I'll chew on a bit. You may have something there. Thank you.

Plus, I see my juri-rigged g+LJ sharing script is working again after taking a couple of weeks off. Nice.

[johncomic.livejournal.com]

“One implies that I'm in no position to judge because I am privileged and wealthy.”

You're going to hear a wide spectrum of opinions on this subject, including some misguided remarks on the right and left. I believe that in this area, as in many, people need to leave aside the personal qualities of the participants and stay focused on the issues. Any time I see a political discussion start focusing on personalities instead of issues, it quickly fails.

In other words, no one should be picking on you.

[susandennis]

Thank you. I thought it was a little out of line BUT it told me right away that while I opened up the can o' beans, it was probably best if I just left it alone :)

[johncomic.livejournal.com]

I've been saying multiple times in multiple places lately: I'm gradually being weaned off of talking politics online altogether. It's pretty much never worth it.

[susandennis]

I keep reading your entries about that and did not really give it much thought until my little foray this morning and then it hit me 'ahhhh, that's what he's been talking about!'