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November 9, 2011

What we are seeing with the Occupy Wall Street movement is an alternative social contract.

The underworld social contract that seeks to supplant this, operates according to revolution.
It lusts for a glorious day in which it emerges as the top dog, which is an upcoming revolution, and it does all of its smaller things by means of smaller revolutions. If you want something, you immobilize something else until such time as someone is bludgeoned and browbeaten into giving you what you want. Annoyance is the new coin of the realm. If you want a hot dog, you annoy somebody. If you want a place to put up your tent and crash for the night, you annoy somebody. If you want a job, you annoy somebody. If you want to be heard, you annoy somebody. And, lately, it seems…if you have the opportunity to be heard and you’re having trouble figuring out what to say…yes, you annoy people until that problem, too, is solved. -- House of Eratosthenes

Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 9, 2011 8:08 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Try that 'underworld' contract with the likes of a Gotti. No, that works only with GOP pussies. Do it on my lawn and the outcome is very different.

Posted by: Peccable at November 9, 2011 2:37 PM

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