God help the government that pisses off the overeducated
I just read this very right-on, and very pointed post about the Occupy New York movement on Antidotal Evidence.
Essentially, the author is discussing the level of privilege many of
the protesters seem to have. A lot of them talk about student loan debt
and foreclosure, which means they at least had the means to go to
college and buy a house. Once.
They are just discovering what the poor have always known - the
system is rigged. And I get that their outrage is kind of irritating
because perhaps it should not have to hit them personally before they
see it. But as someone who has been both the Truly Poor and the
Relatively Privileged, I gotta defend my new class....
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