Great Theme Song for The Occupy Movement
Anyone familiar with the philosophy behind RochesterTurning will understand why I love, support, and otherwise totally dig the Occupy movement. It’s like the world is finally waking up to the fact that what we’ve been doing isn’t working, that funnelling money from everyone to the top 1% is great for the wealthy and the politicians and media they’ve bought, but is ultimately a hugely destabilizing force in our country, and the world.
It’s not sustainable. And no matter how many suit-wearing know-it-alls appear on talk shows to talk in a very reasonable way about how we should just keep going in the same direction (as the train goes over the cliff), enough people are starting to be affected by it that it’s impossible for the PR hacks to spin it effectively anymore.
The conversation’s turning - I’m finally seeing it in day-to-day conversations I’m having and (finally!) in the media. That alone is a victory for the Occupy’s movement’s intent to raise awareness.
I was in NYC in October and had the privilege to meet a few of the OWS folks. I told them they’re “doing the Lord’s work”, and they laughed. I guess they didn’t expect to hear that, even from a lefty Christian like myself. But I have to believe if Jesus were here today, he would be more at home in the Occupy camps than in the boardroom.
I hope to write more about Rochester’s own Occupy movement soon. They too, are “doing the Lord’s work”, right here in our very own backyard.
In the meantime - I think I found a great theme song for the Occupy movement. It’s a great song to begin with, musically, but add the lyrics, and then the video? Powerful stuff:
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