Try as I might, I can’t figure out the main point of “Occupy Wall Street“. It just so happened that I was there on the day the riots started and nearly 200 people were arrested.
In all my research these two videos best highlight what I think of the situation as an observer who actually is trying to understand this collective of odd individuals. (exhibit #1 – exhibit #2)
Beyond the politics, the point and the methods, I can’t help having a strong opinion about the individuals who make up the majority of those spending day after day at the park. At best, a majority of the people in this crowd are aimless. They possess no obvious signs of the drive, ambition and the true grit that will be essential in bringing about the ‘change’ that they claim to so desperately want. Collectively they are excellent at looking so silly as to garner national and world wide media coverage. Most days there are more media people covering the story then there are actual people who make of the ‘movement’.
Change has to come from more than words and media hype. Actual change comes from sacrifice, hard work, strategic relationships being formed, intellectual genius being applied. My hope is that this rag tag band of park occupiers will stop occupying the TV with their silliness and start occupying jobs, dreams, ambitions, hard work and a shower. Then they can occupy real leadership and then they can make some real change.



