I've been following Occupy Hamburg on Facebook since I realized it is happening. I never actually thought my home-city would be able to do sth like that. It's interesting to see how the occupy movement is spreading, particularly in countries whose problems are not as severe as they are in the US, yet.
I never actually thought my home-city would be able to do sth like that.
No shit - I was certain the tents in Frankfurt would be gone after three days, but no, there are even more added in the tiny park. Some of them are sitting on the raw pavement. I see them every morning and evening on my way to/from work and still find it astonishing.
And our problems may not be as severe as they are overseas, but you know how it is: a lot of things happening in the US end up happening here as well - with a few years delay in most cases. So better put up the tents early...
a fee for simply parking your money Fuck this. You shouldn't penalize people for saving as that is a net positive in a lot of ways. I would also be in favor of interest-free loans, primarily for those with lower incomes, so that the pay gap doesn't widen even further. That's how the mortage crisis started fool. In fairness it was interest that became the problem but some of them if not most would have never paid off the principal. Wouldn't the better solution be paying them enough?
When I visited the camp, I saw four main groups: The first -- which you embody -- is very idealistic, and I mean that in a positive way. They want to change the world. The second group is more interested in staging a cool event. The third would like to disseminate its own agenda with this movement. The fourth is a group of people more my age group, who have brought with them their issues from the environmental movement of 25 years ago.
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No shit - I was certain the tents in Frankfurt would be gone after three days, but no, there are even more added in the tiny park. Some of them are sitting on the raw pavement.
I see them every morning and evening on my way to/from work and still find it astonishing.
And our problems may not be as severe as they are overseas, but you know how it is: a lot of things happening in the US end up happening here as well - with a few years delay in most cases. So better put up the tents early...
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Fuck this. You shouldn't penalize people for saving as that is a net positive in a lot of ways.
I would also be in favor of interest-free loans, primarily for those with lower incomes, so that the pay gap doesn't widen even further.
That's how the mortage crisis started fool. In fairness it was interest that became the problem but some of them if not most would have never paid off the principal. Wouldn't the better solution be paying them enough?
When I visited the camp, I saw four main groups: The first -- which you embody -- is very idealistic, and I mean that in a positive way. They want to change the world. The second group is more interested in staging a cool event. The third would like to disseminate its own agenda with this movement. The fourth is a group of people more my age group, who have brought with them their issues from the environmental movement of 25 years ago.
Best inventory of ows I've read yet.
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