...and no one can agree on what to complain about anyways, so it's mostly a big dog and pony show.

A lot of people like ponies these days.

Ponies are for girls. And also Cena_mark.

Naw, it's merely that democracy as an offshoot of Age of Reason era liberalism has outlived it's usefulness now that the population no longer has any faith in it.

The best hope is that we'll find some way to make a government of, for and by the people in a post-democratic sense while still maintaining individual rights, but the likelihood is that it will wither away into a group of rote catchphrases that will develop into a memetic cult.

How's Occupy Armchair going, guys?

The same as it's ever been, the entire point of the Constitution.

5 for Modern Angel and cognitivedissonance's little exchange here, lovin' that.

Didn't it take over a century for Rome to finally hit bottom? We're only about 40 years into our collapse. We're in the midlife crisis phase.

Give me a break. America is not going anywhere and we're not falling as a power. Its not just America's economy that's experiencing a slight hiccup its the whole world's. A bunch of dorks rallying on a bridge and getting arrested for blocking traffic isn't the end of America.

Keep on fiddling, Nero.

From Jhonen himself:

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That girl in the GIR hat was apparently just taking photos and had no sense of what was being protested. I hope she rots in Guantanamo.

This arrest of a girl among a mass of graduate students, laborers, teachers and other dorks are the reason a very large entourage of Marines are joining the protestors.

Cena, it must really suck to be on the wrong side of history all the time, to not even be a libertarian. Do you just wake up every morning in the punchline that is your life and cry? That's what I would do if I had your brain.

Off camera of course.

I've heard conflicting stories on age since I posted this. Haven't confirmed either way, so possible mea culpa. In any case it's fucked.

"Hey guys. Yeah, that's me getting arrested.

I would just like to take the time by saying that I was there to only take pictures for a portfolio. In all honesty, I had no solid idea of what the protest was about. When I knew I was about to get arrested, I had phoned my mother and she told me 'if its the safest way off the bridge and you won't be getting stepped/crushed go for it'. When the cop said it was my turn, I was all for it.

Oh and by the way, thanks for the compliments but I'm 18."

From her youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/KatTheMongoose

Not quite "ATTICA, ATTICA!", is it?

I guess now's a good a time as any for my one star.

Well at least they only led 700 people over the age of 18 onto the Brooklyn Bridge and arrested them en masse.

I'm not beyond eating crow once in a while. My mistake.

Oh, so it's okay if Cena masturbates over this.

Geeze, are you the head of the Occupy Wall Street census bureau or something?

Also, what's wrong with bored white kids? Did they mess up your lawn or something?

No they block traffic in misguided missions of self-important douchebaggery.

protest is only effective when it's disruptive

in their minds it is exactly that severe.

I agree with the Sugar Rain here. This protest comes off as nothing more than the rantings of a college freshman who thinks he knows everything.

We've started up general assemblies here in Seattle. On Saturday, about 120 people attended. I have never been part of a group from as wide of a socioeconomic background. The were single moms with babies in stroller, well-off married couples, old hippies, the homeless, unemployed college graduates, hipsters, i.t. professionals... you name it.

When the meeting started, we passed a loudspeaker around the group. Everyone got five seconds to explain why they were here. There were 120 different answers. Everyone cared enough about fixing things to be there, though. We've already self-organized, prioritized objectives, and are accomplishing tasks better than many businesses I've worked for.

I'll say it again: we need this movement. The worst it can do is give a lot of angry people a productive alternative to the Tea Party. I'm expecting much more.

GUYZ YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO PROTEST IF YOU'RE NOT A WHITE PERSON!!

NOT BEING ABLE TO GET A JOB OR ANY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE ISNT A REASON TO PROTEST!!

Now get off the street, i have to get to my 2nd part time job so that my company's glorious CEO can get the stock price up another fraction.

I agree with wackyakmed. I hope the 99 percenters and the Occupy New York protests are successful.

Succesful at what?

How do you know what effect they are having? Do you even know what their message is?

You don't, but here are some opinions BLAH BLAH BL AH