I didn't go to Occupy Vancouver because, after seeing the same people shouting for the same things at a variety of different protests, I figured it would be a waste of time. I think that's probably an artifact of Vancouver's political climate, however, and not a reflection of the Occupy movement as a whole. The economy in Vancouver never realyl took a hit (except for a couple lean years in construction), property is just as expensive as ever, and most people are doing reasonably well. That just leaves the perpetual malcontents with the energy and desire to go protest.
I don't think the same is true of other cities and protests.
I totally agree that Vancouver is not a reflection of the occupy movement as a whole, and that's the part that angers me the most. We could be helping out the people in our neighbouring country by showing our support of what they are doing, but instead we are prancing around saying how terribly oppressed we are, and how we live in a facist nation.
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I didn't go to Occupy Vancouver because, after seeing the same people shouting for the same things at a variety of different protests, I figured it would be a waste of time. I think that's probably an artifact of Vancouver's political climate, however, and not a reflection of the Occupy movement as a whole. The economy in Vancouver never realyl took a hit (except for a couple lean years in construction), property is just as expensive as ever, and most people are doing reasonably well. That just leaves the perpetual malcontents with the energy and desire to go protest.
I don't think the same is true of other cities and protests.
I totally agree that Vancouver is not a reflection of the occupy movement as a whole, and that's the part that angers me the most. We could be helping out the people in our neighbouring country by showing our support of what they are doing, but instead we are prancing around saying how terribly oppressed we are, and how we live in a facist nation.