. . . Occupy Wall Street isn’t about demands, it’s about making a statement. It’s a statement that the current system isn’t working for the average American (and based on the worldwide events this weekend, it’s not working for a lot of people in a lot of places). It’s a statement that the common people seem to have been abandoned by a government that cares more for corporations than for workers, more for the rich than the poor, more for the powerful than the weak . . . A good government controls the market so that the market serves the citizens . . . Games, and markets, are made to work through rules. Rules only work if they are enforced. If the game no longer serves the fans, or the market no longer serves the citizens, then the rules need to change. When we look back over the last half century, we see a market that increasingly veers away from its role of serving the citizenry . . . The occupy movement is a withdrawal of consent. It’s not a war on capitalism. It’s an acknowledgement that we are doing capitalism badly, and in a way that does not serve to help real people in their real lives.
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