Occupy Together
Just got back from the first legal observer meeting for Occupy Philadelphia. It's not a terribly large crowd so far, maybe a couple hundred, but they seem to have a good sense of organization for a group that's only had two days' planning. I can't get too involved since I'm technically a neutral party, but I really do wish them well.
A lot of the reason i've been set on emigration all these years was a sense that the USA just doesn't want me anymore. That the country qua culture and government would actually prefer me gone, and no one had the will to change that. I don't want to lay too much on the Occupy movement per se, but it does give me hope that, by the time i'm my parents' age, I might be able to consider living out my life here. The generation I sit at the upper end of is not just idealistic, but show some willingness to do something about it. I hope they don't lose that fire any time soon.
(cross-posted from Google+, 6 Oct 2001)
A lot of the reason i've been set on emigration all these years was a sense that the USA just doesn't want me anymore. That the country qua culture and government would actually prefer me gone, and no one had the will to change that. I don't want to lay too much on the Occupy movement per se, but it does give me hope that, by the time i'm my parents' age, I might be able to consider living out my life here. The generation I sit at the upper end of is not just idealistic, but show some willingness to do something about it. I hope they don't lose that fire any time soon.
(cross-posted from Google+, 6 Oct 2001)