[quote=Jacarandoso][quote=Arraya][quote=Jacarandoso]My question about the people protesting is: Where was all their do-gooding when we were bombing the hell out of Iraq? Probably hoping we would get cheaper gas and an economy, maybe a welfare state that was a bit better than what they seem to be facing.[/quote]

Well, having been to 3 occupy protests by pure happenstance I would say most of them were in Junior high when we were “bombing the hell out of Iraq” while the others were probably in one of the many uncovered war protests at the time.[/quote]

If we are to chalk this all up to youth I guess that fits with your poetic call for a new non capitalist pollyanna world that you posted earlier too? Don’t get me wrong, I really liked it,but these kids will grow out of it. Give em a few bandaids and most of them will jump right back into the dog eat dog fight.[/quote]

Maybe, maybe not – the metanarrative is changing due to our scientific understanding of self and our place in the world.

The forces of old and evil are up against the wall again and this time the economic structural crisis is to severe to ever have a “recovery” that sustains. So people will keep getting kicked out of the system(at least in the west) until it alienates the majority of the population.

Granted, the future is fragile and human behavior can go to dark places. But if I don’t put on my idealist hat I turn into a nihilistic fatalist. So, I really don’t have a choice.