Well, let me first say I learned a lot more from the people who are occupying than - I mean, I've - my critique of the Corporate State, I think, coalesces with the critique that many people in occupy Wall Street has, but I never wrote in any of my books about HOW to bring them down.
This whole non-hierarchical structure is really brilliant and I did not have a clue. I did not have a clue.. because they can't - they can destroy the movement like that. The fact that you rotate people through positions of leadership and the fact that you are completely transparent, the fact that you realize that - you know, you clearly have been provoked. I mean, Anthony Bologna was. I think, trying to provoke people in that crowd because they want windows smashed. They know how to handle that. They do not know how to handle this. This is driving them insane.
And the fact is that I can guarantee you that huge segments of those blue-uniformed police sympathize with everything that you are doing. And that is the way you can - you can shatter the manacles of control that have been placed on the country by the Corporate State and that is what scares them. I mean, the most aggressive figures in the crowds are these white-shirted a**holes. Always remember that you only have to deal with them, you know, - once and while, these poor-uniformed cops have to deal with them everyday. I think the movement's really, really, really, really smart. Really astute and I do not really think I have much to teach at all. . I do not think there is any danger of this movement being seduced or co-opted by moveon.org, which is a reprehensible organization or the Democratic Party or anyone else, or the teamsters. The fact is, you have done what they have not done, which is fight back. And because you fought back, they've been exposed for who they are, i.e. the leaders of this group. That is why they are running to you and attempting to restore what little shredded credibility they have left.
You know, I'm a visitor. I come and go but I do not sense that there is any danger. I think, the sort of political consciousness of this group is so high that they see through all these figures who show up at the park. I mean, I was there when Patterson showed up. Charlie Rangel showed up. I mean it is - it is sort of almost sad in a way and - because the fact is, they have offered nothing, done nothing except of course, mouth this empty rhetoric, this kind of "feel your pain" language while betraying the very people they purportedly represent. So I do not think there is any danger that's not being co-opted at all. I think that, you know, even with the teamsters, the union bosses, and these union bosses are pulling down five times what the rank and file is pulling down, they've done nothing for Unions except basically barter away their benefits and rights. In fact, you know, the Union bosses have to get down here because otherwise, they're going to lose their rank and file. That is why you are seeing groups like Move On or teamsters coming down here because YOU do what their leadership has not done. We just stand up
And let me just say something, I wasn't here Friday morning. For me, I got kids and it is all - it is not about me, anymore. It's about the next generations. It's about my children's generation and I think my passion for what you are doing and I would even use the word "love," comes when the fact that I look at you as fighting on behalf of (he tears up) my little three-year-old. And when I - on Friday morning, of course I was up to find out what happened and I did what I do now., which is, start crying. God bless you all.
Crowd: We ARE the Ninety nine percent.
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We are the 99 percent.
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