Occupy Dunedin protesters won't budge

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Tue, 01 Nov 2011 8:49p.m.

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Dunedin protesters taking part in the global Occupy movement are refusing to budge from the city's Octagon.
Dunedin protesters taking part in the global Occupy movement are refusing to budge from the city's Octagon.

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06 Nov 2011 08:24p.m.

ninetynine wrote:

We are concerned that meeting the demands of the protestors while keeping the current economic system in place will not have the desired outcome. It will merely serve to temporarily pacify those who are abused and rightly angry. This will not solve the problems but will prolong them. When force does not work and superficial fixes (laws) are put into place without addressing the underlying problems, then no effective remedy will occur. It is the monetary economic system itself that is the root cause of these problems. Greed, corruption, and war are inevitable byproducts of the monetary system. We maintain an obsolete economic system that has been handed down to us from centuries ago. It has never been just or equitable, nor can it be. The main aim of the monetary system is wealth, property, and power. This results in everyone being out for themselves. Our current circumstances are merely the evolution of a monetary-based system. It generates scarcity, poverty, aberrant behavior and the accumulation of wealth at the expense of others and the environment. The main aim is not the well being of the environment or people. Is it any wonder that most of the money is usurped by 1% of the population? The wealthy buy and control the politicians, courts, judges, media, police, entertainment, and even the universities. They set the agenda and the laws for their own advantage. It is the taxpayers who pay the salaries of the police while they work for the wealthy (who pay very little taxes) to violently put down peaceful protestors who threaten the status quo. Those in positions of advantage will not yield their control willingly.

03 Nov 2011 06:07p.m.

Geranium wrote:

They WANT to be evicted and they wont go peacefully, because they are attention seekers (perhaps they were ignored/bullied when they were kids?). Just leave them there. Leaving them there is exactly what they don't want.

03 Nov 2011 05:13p.m.

Tom wrote:

Hey, here's an idea: Let's sell off the schools first, I'm sure the corporations are best suited to teach our children how to cope in a world made in their image. This system is anti-human and anti-life, not for the people by the people but for the machine by the machine.