The New York Times reports today that – get this – the 1% is heavily represented in New York!
As if those Occupy folks needed the Times to tell them. As if they aren’t at Wall Street for that very reason. As if most New Yorkers aren’t well accustomed to our leisurely gait around town.
Conclusion: Even those ragamuffins deserve some respect. They may be in the bottom 99%, but they are still people.
Come to think of it, it’s not a bad idea.
The young folks at BeTheOnePercent.com are taking up the Lockean spirit of individual gain. Their call to arms for the younger generation is expressed in their slogan, “Be the 1%.”
Of course, we would rather they don’t pull any of our friends back into the lower 99. Moreover, it strikes us a bit naive to think that the majority of Americans have any shot at such success given the current social and economic structure of American society. Intro to Sociology at any decent university would have disabused them of such faith. All the same, we take it as a complement.
