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Occupy Underground

Oscarmonster13

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1. wow 2011, it's been 2 years?

Reply to Joe Shlabotnik (Original post)

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 03:45 PM

Dec 2013

hard to believe.

I miss Occupy. While I know the movement is still "going" I am still disappointed that we couldn't get more accomplished.

Black Friday was a reminder and a statement from the PTB - Protestors for fair wages and unions get arrested, mad shoppers who beast each other bloody for that last plastic dohickey get a free pass in the name of consumerism. We are not allowed to be free thinkers if it goes against the Prime Directive of Consumerism...

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First they came for the Sink [View all] Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2013 OP

wow 2011, it's been 2 years? Oscarmonster13 Dec 2013 #1

Occupying was just a tactic. Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2013 #3

agreed Oscarmonster13 Dec 2013 #6

I remember! We had some DU threads, including some poetry... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #2

. Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2013 #4

Who could forget "The bathtub ratted him out"? pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #5

Remember the Sink! warrprayer Dec 2013 #7