Via Peter Rothberg at The Nation:
If you’re having trouble understanding what’s driving the “Occupy” protests, here are some numbers that help explain what’s at stake and why the new movement against economic inequality is growing so rapidly. The video is courtesy of the new solidarity group Occupy Animators.
There is not enough gold and silver in exisitance to maintaine the financial syste,. We certainly don’t need many of the things this young man talks about, that don’t make sense for the commonweal, but going backwards totally does not take into consideration the population differences and the unavailability of resources that we once had.