"The fervor for reform in America today shares in the same spirit of
class struggle that inspired [Karl] Marx and [Friedrich] Engels in the 1840s." writes Maura Pennington at Forbes. "Were someone
to substitute the word “corporations” or the catch-all “1%” for the
word “bourgeoisie,” The Communist Manifesto would chillingly read like any official statement from Occupiers and the 99% movement at large."
Drawing many comparisons between the rhetoric of Marx and today's Occupiers, Ms. Pennington notes that "fools still fall for it [but] Americans, of all people, shouldn't be those fools. ... It is unlikely that the average American being swept up in the 99%
movement has read The Communist Manifesto, but our leaders should
recognize the language and know better than to recite from that script."
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Friday, October 28, 2011
VIDEO: 1% Let's Talk
Peter Schiff, a Wall Street CEO, takes on OWS protesters in this entertaining video:
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