seashores: heavyartillerie: gogo-euphoria: tylerpoo: seashores: julfal: labyrintho: WHOEVER POSTED THIS, WHOEVER CREATED THIS SIGN, AND WHOEVER LIKES AND/OR REBLOGS THIS IN AGGREANCE WITH THIS IS RIDICULOUS. If you believe you have to work your ass off for your entire life just to have food, a roof over your head, and education… You have been brainwashed. You are supporting the people who oppress you, you are supporting the people who steal your freedom. You are sad, uninformed, stupid, and not a conscious being. In addition, you are arrogant and ignorant… A deadly combination. YOU ARE THE 99% AND YOU WILL *NEVER* BE THE 1% NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU WORK WAKE THE FUCK UP I love this girl above me. She is smart. SHE IS SMART. I was looking at the notes & p2c2e reblogged this and added:  “the same old idea that when someone becomes unemployed or a hardship befalls them that it’s their own fault. the i can do it why can’t you is one of those right of centre views that is aimed at making things like unemployment insurance (welfare) and other social programs as supporting people who have a moral failing.” EXACTLY.  I cannot stand people who think like that.  Too many people are OBLIVIOUS to their own privilege (absolutely including the person who wrote this sign).  Don’t you realize that not everyone is born in a situation where they have a stable family life, a financially secure or comfortable family life, or even access to a decent education?  If someone was NEVER given the means or opportunities to become “a hardworking individual” like the person who wrote this, then that is NOT THEIR FAULT and you NEED TO STOP BLAMING THEM.  It is OUR FAULT, as a society, for failing them, and then judging them for the chances we denied them. Reblog for the Kira slaps. This is kind of gross in the sense that it not only imitates and mocks the campaign style of the protestors but it deceptively tries to twist your views with some bullshit “hard working” moral rhetoric that is very narrow and has ZERO perspective. What if you aren’t in poverty, what if you were given all the opportunity to an education but with a price. Bottom line is there is only a limited amount of scholarship money and realistically not ALL the “hard working” students can get full coverage even cumulatively. Say you’re from a middle class well-to-do family, having less access to certain low-income grants and scholarships, and end up having to pay more and ending up with debt. There are some things that are beyond your control and accepting living at the bottom line out of necessity despite trying to disguise it behind philosophical and psychological contentment is deceptively self-destructive and is the ideal model for us 99% in the eyes of the 1%. You’re just actin’ tha fool reblogging for the comments because my friends are smart <3 I guess I don’t get it. I don’t see what’s wrong with what this girl does. I admire and respect her foresight and hard work. I guess what’s upsetting everyone is the “it’s your decision” comment. I think other people see capitalism as giving a person the dignity to improve their life for his or herself rather than to forever be a ward of the state, which is what you are if you depend on the government to provide for your life. Whether you agree or disagree with this girl, let’s not call her “stupid” for her work ethic. Don’t you want your nurses, teachers, social workers, babysitters to work this hard for you?  Don’t take this as me disagreeing with everything OWS stands for. The only thing that can make the world go round is compassion and cooperation; and the divide between the rich and the poor is sometimes akin to a caste system. I’m only disagreeing with telling this girl she is WRONG for what she does. I prefer people like her to people who think life should be easy. Natalie - what is upsetting about this is her demeanor, her ‘holier than thou’ attitude.  If you look at some of the “We are the 99%” photos, a lot of the signs are by people who ALSO work this hard, or people who HAVE worked this hard all their lives (veterans, retirees).  In fact, that’s what OWS is about - so many of us ALL work this hard, we do have this work ethic that you admire, and yet because of this economy (is it a stretch to say that it’s been wrecked by corporations and the 1%?), we are out of jobs, out of money, out of homes, and we’re tired of it. I don’t think she quite understands what the 99% is.

seashores:

heavyartillerie:

gogo-euphoria:

tylerpoo:

seashores:

julfal:

labyrintho:

WHOEVER POSTED THIS, WHOEVER CREATED THIS SIGN, AND WHOEVER LIKES AND/OR REBLOGS THIS IN AGGREANCE WITH THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

If you believe you have to work your ass off for your entire life just to have food, a roof over your head, and education… You have been brainwashed.

You are supporting the people who oppress you, you are supporting the people who steal your freedom.

You are sad, uninformed, stupid, and not a conscious being.

In addition, you are arrogant and ignorant… A deadly combination.

YOU ARE THE 99% AND YOU WILL *NEVER* BE THE 1% NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU WORK

WAKE THE FUCK UP

I love this girl above me. She is smart. SHE IS SMART.

I was looking at the notes & p2c2e reblogged this and added: 

“the same old idea that when someone becomes unemployed or a hardship befalls them that it’s their own fault. the i can do it why can’t you is one of those right of centre views that is aimed at making things like unemployment insurance (welfare) and other social programs as supporting people who have a moral failing.”

EXACTLY.  I cannot stand people who think like that.  Too many people are OBLIVIOUS to their own privilege (absolutely including the person who wrote this sign).  Don’t you realize that not everyone is born in a situation where they have a stable family life, a financially secure or comfortable family life, or even access to a decent education?  If someone was NEVER given the means or opportunities to become “a hardworking individual” like the person who wrote this, then that is NOT THEIR FAULT and you NEED TO STOP BLAMING THEM.  It is OUR FAULT, as a society, for failing them, and then judging them for the chances we denied them.

Reblog for the Kira slaps.

This is kind of gross in the sense that it not only imitates and mocks the campaign style of the protestors but it deceptively tries to twist your views with some bullshit “hard working” moral rhetoric that is very narrow and has ZERO perspective.

What if you aren’t in poverty, what if you were given all the opportunity to an education but with a price. Bottom line is there is only a limited amount of scholarship money and realistically not ALL the “hard working” students can get full coverage even cumulatively. Say you’re from a middle class well-to-do family, having less access to certain low-income grants and scholarships, and end up having to pay more and ending up with debt. There are some things that are beyond your control and accepting living at the bottom line out of necessity despite trying to disguise it behind philosophical and psychological contentment is deceptively self-destructive and is the ideal model for us 99% in the eyes of the 1%.

You’re just actin’ tha fool

reblogging for the comments because my friends are smart <3

I guess I don’t get it. I don’t see what’s wrong with what this girl does. I admire and respect her foresight and hard work. I guess what’s upsetting everyone is the “it’s your decision” comment. I think other people see capitalism as giving a person the dignity to improve their life for his or herself rather than to forever be a ward of the state, which is what you are if you depend on the government to provide for your life. Whether you agree or disagree with this girl, let’s not call her “stupid” for her work ethic. Don’t you want your nurses, teachers, social workers, babysitters to work this hard for you? 

Don’t take this as me disagreeing with everything OWS stands for. The only thing that can make the world go round is compassion and cooperation; and the divide between the rich and the poor is sometimes akin to a caste system. I’m only disagreeing with telling this girl she is WRONG for what she does. I prefer people like her to people who think life should be easy.

Natalie - what is upsetting about this is her demeanor, her ‘holier than thou’ attitude.  If you look at some of the “We are the 99%” photos, a lot of the signs are by people who ALSO work this hard, or people who HAVE worked this hard all their lives (veterans, retirees).  In fact, that’s what OWS is about - so many of us ALL work this hard, we do have this work ethic that you admire, and yet because of this economy (is it a stretch to say that it’s been wrecked by corporations and the 1%?), we are out of jobs, out of money, out of homes, and we’re tired of it.

I don’t think she quite understands what the 99% is.