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I don’t think there are that many out there who are against objecting to fraud on Wall Street.
Having 401k most likely mean you’re working for the 1%. Isn’t objecting to the 1%, then turn around and work for that 1%, which make that 1% richer, make you a hypocrite? Especially if you choose to work for that 1% because you’re making more $ working for that 1% than working for the people?[/quote]
You can’t do nuance, can you? Is a parking ticket the same in your mind as a murder conviction? Are you seriously trying to make the argument that people shouldn’t be protesting against criminals on Wall Street just because they have jobs and 401(k)s?
For me to exhibit the same level of hypocrisy that EconProf is exhibiting, I’d have to tell other people to drop out of their 401(k)s while keeping mine. That’s not what I’m doing or saying.
I guess in your mind, no one should ever go to jail because we’ve all at least jaywalked or violated some other minor law right? If jaywalkers don’t go to jail then why should someone who embezzles $10 billion be made to go to jail? Why should a rapist or murderer have to go to jail if a jaywalker is not put in jail?
Hitler would have loved to have people like you in Nazi Germany. As soon as he took power, you would have proclaimed loudly and often that any statements against Hitler by those with jobs were hypocritical because any job would at least tangentially benefit Hitler in some way.
One of the things that separates the U.S. from Communist China is that there is a strong culture of protesting against the crimes of those who have money and power in the U.S.A. If you want to live in a society where seldom a discouraging word is spoken against those with money and power I suggest that you move to Communist China.
