Yeah, Then There's Occupy Wall St.

It occurs to me, as well as others, that the Left view the 60s with a romanticized lens of rosy hue. Not only does it seem the OWS movement hasn't caught up with the times, but they also gravely overestimate the impact of the Anti-Vietnam protests of the 60s. I'm not here to bash the OWS movement, but I do think a few things need to be pointed out.

I. What the fuck do they stand for? As a movement without any cohesive leadership or spokespeople, nobody knows what they actually are after. They've got plenty of rhetoric and platitudes to go round, but what action do they want to see Congress, or the President (or Merv Griffin for that matter) take? "Hold Wall Street accountable!" Sounds great. But how is this done?

II. DC legislates, not Wall Street. No matter how evil corporations are, no matter how much they want to screw the little man, no matter how much they want crazy laws to let them do it, Wall Street doesn't vote on bills, nor does it sign them into law. Obama and the Congress gave all that money to Wall Street to bail them out. Place the blame where the blame is due. Politicians fucked shit up. The banks and firms that got bailed out get to behave like spoiled children because they are insulated from reality by the kid gloves of legislation. And, it seems to me and to others, that now OWS wants this insulation extended to others as well, rather than wanting real consequences to emerge. Rather than trusting the the natural order of human interaction in a cooperative market can adapt to the current environment in which we live. It seems very odd to me, having studied hard and soft sciences, albeit only minimally, that so many humans have a hard time seeing cultures are generally adaptive (those that don't adapt die out) and that social changes happen on the individual level. Only when viewed collectively, these changes (like the ownership of cellphones) become radical social change. Did Congress pass a law to get people to purchase cellphones?

In a similar way, market correction comes from these individual personal choices when placed in the proper realm of natural consequences. Business take on unsustainable practices; they fail. People make certain economic concessions; they have to deal with the consequences. Too bad you invested in a house during a bubble. Better luck next time.