Here are a couple of pictures of the Occupy Movement (Wall Street edition), that make two points I very much want to make as well. Both are thanks to Matt Stoller.
The first speaks for itself, and makes its own point. Click to big:
The second takes some thought. Yes, read the words, but also look at the imagery, the iconography:
Look familiar? How about this? Or this.
Or maybe you remember this (it's a vid; click to play in a new tab):
"He's not going to be the president of the top 10%; he's going to be our president," says one believing woman just past the halfway point. (Source here, by the way.)
Painful, isn't it. I can't imagine a greater indictment — or god help me for saying so, a greater opportunity to atone, to make it right.
Return to the rule of law is a revolution. And we are indeed the ones we've been waiting for. Occupy.
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