I've been watching the Occupy movement for quite some time. It's disgusting to say the least when I read the amount of sympathy that MSNBC, CNN, Huffington, and various other "news" organizations have for a group of people who want nothing more than something they didn't earn. Would I like a mansion, a million dollars, and a yacht right this minute? I sure would. Have I done anything that will earn something like that? Not yet. Do I aspire to fortune? I think everyone does. I don't think anyone wakes up in the morning with aspirations of broke on their mind. I don't think anyone wakes up in the morning with intentions of getting deeper in the hole. I don't think anyone wants to die broke. That's a normal thought. That's a normal day. So we can agree that no one wants to be broke.
So, what am I doing to rectify the fact that I don't have a million dollars, a mansion and a yacht? Well, I started a couple of companies, I write, and I work for a living. These concepts are foreign to this occupy movement. What are they doing to achieve their dreams? Sitting in the park complaining someone has something they don't have. They are marching in the streets demanding "economic justice." We had another group that did that back in the late 20's in Germany. That worked out real well then, about as well as it is going to work out this time as well.
So, what is the real root of this Occupy anything but reality movement. I mean, we've had haves and have nots ever since the dawn of time. We've had successful people and not successful people for generations. So what's really different now all of a sudden? The perception of reality. Let's take the average 20 something for the past 20 years. We take this average kid, grow them up in a world where there are no winners and losers, everyone is as smart as everyone, just go on to college and while in college, spend four or five years being told all you need is this paper and the world is yours. Upon leaving college with debt the size of the average decent house, we arrive in the real world, where people say no. People say this person is not good enough.
Whereas the generation that preceeded even mine grew up with the occasional dose of reality growing up, the average person now simply doesn't get that the world is not fair. I knew in the sixth grade when the girl I thought was the girl of my dreams liked the class jerk, that life wasn't fair. I got out of college and realized that Chapel Hill carried a little more punch to it than Charlotte. Not much, but enough. I certainly didn't organize a march for educational justice. I dealt with it and went on with my life. I didn't get into the best schools because I really didn't care about the SATs. I got over it. I moved on.
I sit in the same room at times with leaders in the community. I'm not the least bit jealous of them and if I never get into Buena Vista, that's okay too. I own my house, I own my car, I don't have a payment, and that is just fine with me. I didn't buy into the Liberal lie. Bigger is only better with hamburgers. If you can't afford a million dollar house, don't try it. I don't care what the government tells you, the mirror don't lie. Everyone is not equal. Everyone will not be millionaires. Everyone will not be CEOs. Everyone will not live on the best side of town. Everyone will not have a vacation house. Everyone needs to be okay with that. It's life, it's the real world, and it's time these nimrods joined it.
I have a dream. Everyone has a dream. I want to be able to retire at 55 and relax for the rest of my life. That probably won't happen, and I'm fine with that. My dad finally retired at 74, and my mom finally retired at 71. Everyone is not going to have everything they want. Back when the country used to be great, everyone understood that and they were fine with it. Everyone knew they were a cog in a very big machine and they just dealt with it. They didn't buy into the Liberal lie that all you have to do is exist and you are entitled to everything the person who worked hard for has as well.
I have an idea. How about you occupy a job, occupy reality, and occupy some common sense? The world doesn't owe you anything. You aren't entitled to everything just because you are here. And those people who have more than you probably work harder than you do. I hold a full time job, run my own business, go to school, write, and put that all together, I may wind up with something some day. I may not wind up with much more than I have now, but the difference between me and you is I tried. You folks sitting out there on your pathetic rears waiting to have it handed to you is an insult. It's an insult to everyone who ever sailed to the New World, it's an insult to everyone who's ever come from the wrong family and made it, it's an insult to the guy who worked his whole life for his wife, family, and came home to that one or two bedroom house and felt a genuine sense of pride in his accomplishment.
On December 7, 1941, Japan crippled one of the greatest Naval units the world had ever seen. The sheer pride one has in their own country borne a generation that refused to take that sitting down. By mid 1942, we were in the thick of war, and on our way to winning. We didn't have an Occupy Japan movement in protest of the sinking of our ships. We didn't have an Occupy The World movement in protest. We had an Occupy Factories movement and got back into the game. This generation sitting in Oakland, New York City, Chicago, and various other places in the country would have fallen given these circumstances. To put it bluntly none of you have the heart to succeed. If the government gave it to you, you wouldn't have the sense to know what to do with it.
Corporate Greed didn't put you where you are, George Bush didn't put you where you are, rich people didn't put you where you are. You put you where you are. Grow up, get over it, get a job. I don't owe you a living, government doesn't owe you a living, the top one percent don't owe you a living, you owe you a living. That's the real world, you are welcome to join it any time now.
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