{"id":148,"date":"2011-10-20T17:35:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T00:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/katrinama\/?p=148"},"modified":"2011-11-02T13:55:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T20:55:54","slug":"occupy-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/katrinama\/2011\/10\/20\/occupy-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"#occupyvancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/szhou268\/\">Sarah<\/a>\u00a0who sympathized with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/szhou268\/2011\/10\/09\/what-is-occupying-wall-street-anyway\/#content\">Occupy Wall Street<\/a>,\u00a0I am equally frustrated that corporate greed is almost in as much control as political diplomats are. However, I must agree that no substantial changes may come out of the movement. As Sarah stated, the Occupy movements have went global, but unlike <a href=\"http:\/\/occupywallst.org\/\">its inspiration who actually has something to protest about<\/a>, the other occupy movements appear superficial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/occupyvancouver.com\/index.php?page=1\">Occupy Vancouver<\/a> began its peaceful approach last Saturday to challenge income inequality between the &#8220;1%&#8221; and &#8220;99%&#8221;. However, the protest itself unlike its predecessor appears to have no real direction.\u00a0<em>\u201cAs a group we still don\u2019t know what we want, but I see it as an exercise in democracy.\u201d &#8211; Occupy Vancouver Protestor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Occupy Vancouver wants &#8220;genuine equality&#8221; amongst the classes; this <em>left wing <\/em>reflection appears rather hypocritical if the protestors want to &#8220;exercise in democracy.&#8221; Why should a successful entrepreneur who went through the rigorous routines of higher education and hard work, be paid the same hourly wage as your dishwasher? Rather than compare the earnings between the 1% and 99%, we should acknowledge that the &#8220;1%&#8221; are already being taxed to support EI and welfare. Laws\/tax regulations are already in place to attempt to achieve equilibrium.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/domshow?sk=wall\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc7\/301073_260133967362989_100000991622356_740967_383384140_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On Monday, it&#8217;s interesting to note that Occupy Vancouver had items including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ca\/finalcutpro\/top-features\/\">&#8220;Apple laptops with Final Cut Pro&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0on their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/occupyvancouver.com\/index.php?page=4\">wishlist<\/a>, though currently said items have now been removed, protestors must have realized their hypocrisy.\u00a0Occupy Vancouver requires a better platform if they truly want to break the apathy of Vancouverites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/travel\/Occupy+Vancouver+protest+stretches+into+Sunday+protesters+camp\/5556518\/story.html\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like\u00a0Sarah\u00a0who sympathized with\u00a0Occupy Wall Street,\u00a0I am equally frustrated that corporate greed is almost in as much control as political diplomats are. However, I must agree that no substantial changes may come out of the movement. 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