Occupy Wall Street, Rome, London...Occupy yourself!

Distribution of white bread by Otto van Veen

Last weekend, the world witnessed a series of protests organised by the “Occupy X” Movement: Wall Street, Ottawa, Berlin, London, Madrid, Rome, Tokyo and so forth. It is said that people participating in these protests are mad about social & financial injustice, about not having jobs or money.

Then Portugal had its version of the movement, “The Indignants” (to emulate the Spanish “Los Indignados”), organised by the Far-Left (in a poor attempt to regain the votes they lost in the legislatives and in Madeira [where it lost all representatives, in the elections, last week]). This version was so poor - in rhetoric - that international News Networks didn’t even mention the event.
Lisbon indignados hit the streets to shout “Sack Passos Coelhos [the Portuguese PM elected last June]!!” and “No more austerity measures!” plus “You are condemning us to poverty!”...The indignants did not go to the streets to demand, from the government, details on how exactly the previous socialist government caused a €3,4Bn budget deviation right under the MPs’ nose. The participants of “Occupy Lisbon” did not demand to know how the previous government could have spent 70% of the 2011 debt ceiling by June, of the current year. No, the so-called indignants were too occupied protecting their iPhone, flat TV, Levi’s, Nikes, clubbing and marijuana purchase power – that is the only explanation to the amount of irrationality, and lack of political wit, I witnessed this past weekend.

Berlin occupiers said, “Capitalism is a Religion”. And they were so mad about capitalism and social injustice that they danced the occupation away.

London occupiers are also mad about everything that is going on and they decided to clash with the police in order to express their discontentment toward the establishment.

Rome occupiers were peacefully expressing their worries about the economic and social crisis when leftist thugs hijacked their movement to disturb peace and spread destruction.

Wall Street occupation is a protest against capitalism disguised as social preoccupation, but I think if it were intended to express a sincere social-political discontentment, they’d all march to, and occupy, Washington. Ottawa occupiers claim to be in solidarity to the “Occupy Wall Street” movement (read: emulate the Americans)...

I acknowledge the democratic right to peaceful protests, specially when politicians are not serving the People. However, what we have been seeing lately is not a war against politicians and their bad service; it is certainly not a demand for jobs; it is rather a war against banks, corporations and rich people.

I have a question: are there really no jobs or people are not willing to do just any job? I ask this because in Portugal there are several industries that see themselves forced to “import” workers because the Portuguese do not want to fill those positions. I can imagine the same happening in other countries.

Another question: are these people really angry at capitalism or are they furious because deep down they’ve realised that re-distribution of national wealth doesn’t work?

Occupy Movements say “It's time to put people before profits & communities before corporations.” then why don’t they all occupy themselves by volunteering?
They must prove they put people and communities first. Lead by example.