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More video of Occupy Denver at BlogCon
Sat, 11/12/2011 - 3:40am | posted by Jason Pye
They came back just after 5pm yesterday evening. Unlike earlier in the day when things got a little tense, this was peaceful for the most part and I think there was some genuine discussion from some folks on each side.
After doing the “mic check,” a creepy part of the protests where the words of the speaker are repeated by the rest of the group, Occupy Denver acknowledged that the tea party was created a result of frustration with bailouts. They also expressed opposition to Barack Obama, which was met with cheer from those of us outside.
You can watch most of their protest in the video below:
I spoke to a medicinal marijuana patient that was part of the group. I told her that I believe the War on Drugs was a failure and that I didn’t believe that she should be threatened with jail time for using what relieved her of whatever pain she was in. But then she told me that it needed to stay out of corporate hands, but instead remain “private.” I explained to her that corporations were private entities, which she refused to acknowledge.
Another lady in the group, who seemed very interested in discussion — unlike those we met earlier in the day, explained that the few people in the group that were being confrontational with some of us were not representative of the entire group.
I’m told that the Occupy Denver crowd is larger on the weekends. We’ll see if they come back around tomorrow.
Far to many people don’t understand what a corporation really and truly is. They talk about keeping it out of “corporate” hands, but the reality is that a corporation is just a legal arrangement, an entity created to simply do business. Corporations, in and of themselves, are not the evil many in the Occupy movement want to believe.
In October, when I bought my newspaper, I formed a corporation. It’s a means of protecting my personal assets from lawsuits against the paper. It’s also a way of managing taxes. But the staff of the corporation is less than a half dozen.
Unfortunately, many of these people don’t grasp that it’s not the corporations per se that’s the enemy, but crony capitalism and rent-seeking corporations. They are the problem, not just “corporations” like so many want to assume.
Tom,
no mention of the politicians that accept the bribes, then return the favor in the form of crony capitalism? No blame on the creators themselves of crony capitalism? justa blame on the evil profiteers?
Since the comments from the Occupy individual dealt with corporations, no, there weren’t going to be any comments regarding scumbag politicians. Not that those aren’t problems as well, just that they weren’t pertinent to that particular topic.
hmmmm, sentiment Starting to change in the OWS movement? Obama is the biggest crony capitalist in the history of the country. Too bad he had to destroy the economy with antibusiness Law with congressional approval.
hiring one from 67,000 Per month before Obamacare to 6,400 per month after Obamacare was passed. Coincidence? In a survey of business owners, they said a new health care law is The reason for not hiring.
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