Saint Nik said:Bender said:While I agree that there are issues with social inequality and jobs, I don't see how protesting will help people get jobs, I just don't.
The goal is to bring about the political changes that would result in a more equitable society. This isn't a job interview.
Ok, but this wouldn't happen during a boom market imo. If everyone had more jobs and job security and we were out of the recession we would never see something like this happen. So to some degree this protest is about job security.
And for more of a side note: I also believe in creating a more equitable society but when you carry around pictures of Marx like he's a saviour then I think some of the debate shifts beyond what is equitable and into a whole other mode of production, that quite clearly clashes with what we have today. Maybe the intent is that he's a role model for change, but, to be honest, he's a very divisive figure.
And just to add a bit: Everyone is talking about inequality: The inequality of what? Everything currently?
New chant: "they say cut backs, we say fight back."
To what end? Do we want higher taxation on corporations? The wealthiest Canadians? Because the answer isn't that simple when your province is bleeding money and is up to its eyeballs in debt right now and going through a recession to boot.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/neil-reynolds/ontario-like-california-going-for-broke/article1684035/
Maybe I'm not one for general sloganeering, or maybe I'm misinterpreting their zeal as a lack of focus, but I think the discussion should start with a shift in philosophy from laissez-faire capitalist economics and a move back to Keyenesian economic policy which did a better job of bucking recessions. We also have gross mismanagement of finances. In times of economic boom you have to restrain yourself from overburdening yourself with projects and initiatives that you'll have to cut during a recession, and you've got to make sure you save some of the money during a boom market to pay for job creation initiatives during a recession. It's this utter failure of looking forward that has caused this problem.