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[quote=Anonymous]The "99%" movement seems terribly unorganized, I have seen numerous interviews with the protesters with no clear objective.  In one interview a protester said that he didn't know specifically what they wanted to change but he wanted to "continue the conversation", that form of ambiguity will get you nowhere.  You have to have your eye on a goal to achieve that goal.

I find it ironic that these protesters are utilizing the products made by the evil capitalist corporations that they protest against like Facebook, iPhone, Twitter, Gmail, etc.  At least I think thats one of the many things they are attempting to protest.

Here's a relative inspiring story, a few weeks ago a 13yo kid came by my house with a manual push lawnmower(like Charlie Brown style) asking to cut my grass.  I tell him it's been a long time since I've seen lawnmower like that and he tells me he got it for free from Freecycle.  I ask what he's trying to make money for and he tells me so he can buy a power lawnmower with an engine so he can do more lawns and larger lawns.  Even though I had cut the lawn less than a week ago I hired him, it was only $10(I have a small townhouse front yard).  He cut my lawn and knocked on the door when he was done so I paid him.  As he was leaving he let me know he would be doing leaves once they fall and snow shoveling through the winter.  So this kid has a plan to parlay a free lawnmower into a profit, invest that profit back his business in the form of new equipment to grow his business and he's advance marketing for new lines of service.  I was inspired by this young entrepreneur in the making.[/quote]

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