99% of the 99% Are Spoilt Brats

October 15th, 2011 rants | | | ##

99% of the 99% are spoilt hippies that think the world owes them a job and they are entitled to that new car and that new house. Their idea of a protest is doing what they have done all their life: throw a tantrum and demand that their mommys and daddys buy them that new toy or iPad. Sorry, but sitting on a park in New York is not gonna get you that job. They have been given everything on a silver platter by their parents that smothered them all their lives and given them silver stars for coming in second. This frustration is the result of no discipline given to children in American schools. American parents have to share the blame here - they have raised a generation of kids that havent learnt the meaning of hard work, or faced a loss. They continue to tell their kids that they are “special,” that there are no losers, only winners. Grow the fuck up.

They like to compare salaries of bankers vs other jobs. If they want bankers’ salaries they should have gone to business school and become a banker! Im not rich (not by a looooong shot) but do I wish I had a bankers’ salary? No, I dont. If I wanted to slave myself in front of numbers and be miserable all year and not be able to travel the world because Im working all day, I would have become a banker. Its about doing what you love.

Yes things are bad - and not everyone is lucky enough or smart enough to get a scholarship to college. Some, but not most, of the stories on this WeAreThe99% blog are heartbreaking - but living within one’s means is the best way to make sure you dont fall into the trap and become a slave to your bills.

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1 Sakis Oct 15th, 2011 at 6:42 pm

Well said! You are the dream of every capitalist and banker! Keep your head down, don’t fight back, don’t ask for working conditions, rights. Don’t pursue dignity. Don’t speak. Don’t care about politics and society.

Be a sheep. Follow the herd. Don’t mind where it will lead you. Slaughterhouse? Blame it on god’s will. Better luck next time.

Great people are the shepherds. Great people talk about ideas (rather than possession). Great people are never remain reassured. They always seek improvement and leads to drive humanity forward. They want their children to live in a better world.

Personally, I don’t think that the “99%” is a realistic percentage, or that the protesters are all “great people”.

You can choose whether you are a follower/sheep/slave or a leader/shepherd/free. You can choose whether to stay reassured, work your ass off and make a living (or struggle like most people), or you can fight and demand the right to a better life.

PS. This has nothing to do with bankers. Rich bankers don’t deal with numbers. They deal in critical decisions BASED on numbers. Usually, without any regret if people get fucked up in the process.
2 Sam Oct 19th, 2011 at 5:19 am

So when somebody who’s spent their lifetime living within their means, raising their family and making ends meet by working as a teacher gets the sack because the government needs to cut back on public services… that’s their own fault? When more money is spent on defence than is spent on healthcare, that’s alright? When the very people our taxes bailed out get bonuses greater than our average lifetime salary, that’s acceptable?

Sorry - sure there may be a lot of people that are lamenting their own inabilities, but the key here isn’t that people are fighting to get something they don’t deserve, it’s the fact that they are fighting to make sure everybody gets the rights that, as human beings, we should all be entitled to. Healthcare, education, employment. You may be in a great position, you may not have an iphone or an ipad but when it comes down to the crunch every penny in tax you pay is not representing you. It’s not representing your family, your friends, your fellow citizens.

This isn’t about you, it’s about everyone.
3 David Oct 25th, 2011 at 11:28 am

What will you do when you get old or if you get sick? What will you do when you go to use the social security funds you are forced to put away your entire life are gone because the government had to use them to bail out the banks? It’s not a matter of being a banker or not, it’s a matter of making those who have direct control over resources we all share not squander them for their own greed.

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