The Danger of Occupying

I have been watching the flood of people flock toward the Occupy Project with great passion and vigor in their stances. I have watched people come together in the name of change. I have watched people stand up and state true issues that need to be dealt with. After going to the Newmarket Occupied Symposium in Newmarket, NH I gained even more of an insight of people trying to make a positive change for humanity. Claims were made about how mindsets will also have to be changed, and that the current various systems we have in place all over the United States are archaic and some have been rendered useless. I sat and listened while a true humanist took the stage stating that a change needed to be made, but “villainizing companies and corporations was not the answer.” I need more then anything to convey to the world that this little voice I heard needs to be heard louder.

On the other side of Occupy Wallstreet, I have started to notice citizens of the world move forward with blind ambitions, and archaic mindsets. I am also noticing that behind the scenes, a regime of people have gathered to blame, and convict the rich, and the corporations. I support the efforts of Occupy Wallstreet as far as understanding that things do need to change and that humanity is at stake if we do not make that change. There are several reasons why people have joined the Occupy, and I respect their opinions and believe that it is the right of a human being to be heard.

What I will never support is an uprising without a true understanding of its objective. The rich are a scapegoat. Rich is a generalized term, with a vague set of definitions. We cannot move forward to make a change if we continue to vilify and label others, and we cannot use the same techniques of propaganda, only to complain about and create enemies. Stop creating scapegoats and enemies within the contexts of your political and social positions. Stop making these horrible judgments and assumptions about others. How dare we do such things, and then claim we are trying to make a change! If we exclaim over and over to our peers that we want equality, even we need to stop drawing these lines and creating obstacles. We are the same…and not all “rich” people are buying out our governments. This generalization is dangerous, and it is careless, and I am tired of hearing it. Make a true change, understand that we are all in a different place, and that we all have very different vantage points. Generalizing terms like “the rich” and “corporations” are dangerous usages as they invite a mob mentality. If I was robbed by a black man, would I then get my neighborhood to go after “black men.” In my opinion The Occupy Wallstreet uprising is potentially dangerous, unless we learn as a species not to generalize, and not to place blame on anyone but ourselves as a whole, then we have the potential to move beyond these witch trials and see the true possibility of a better future for our children.