Mickey Z

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Sunday, January 08, 2012

Occupy No Demands: #ChooseUtopiaOverReform

For nearly four months, we’ve heard some version of this simplistic gripe about Occupy Wall Street (OWS): But what are their demands?

To ask such a question is to willingly succumb to the craven compliance that conscientiously cloaks a commodity culture. If only OWS would just put itself in a damn box—with a familiar, easily identifiable label, of course—it would make life so much easier for those who’ve long surrendered the capacity for critical thought.

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One of my recent OWS photos:

#MicCheck

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Courtesy of Rick the Cartoonist:

(More cartoons here)

Posted by Mickey Z on 01/08 at 09:09 PM
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