The Rise of Populism and Plutocracy
November 26, 2011
The Occupy movement takes over the streets of large American cities as if the Arab spring had turn into the American fall of discontent. Unemployment, deep inequality, high personal debt and pessimism over the future, seem to have convinced lots of youthful souls to voice loudly their frustration over a world that seemed to have stacked the cards against them. They seem to complain against capitalism, globalization, the rich 1% but the real causes of their demise, whether they care to admit or not, is the rise of a plutocracy (powerful politicians and their friends) who are only interested in their own power and wealth. The members of this elite mask themselves behind great populist promises of change we believe in or defending the poor but their goal is to protect their power by denying the middle and poor classes freedoms and the opportunity of a better life. They perpetuate a poor educational system, a bankrupt federal & police state bureaucracy, a system of false and unsustainable entitlements that the young are responsible paying for but can never enjoy. They claim to be our friends, members of the 99%, and yet behind their masks they are the ones that are oppressing your dreams of better life, they are the true enemies of Liberty.
