blaktivist: Occupy… the C-Suite? While I do appreciate this for the information it provides, I think it’s a little misleading. First of all, “medical” is a pretty broad category. Are we talking doctors? Plastic surgeons? Medical/pharmaceutical company execs? Because I know it doesn’t include most of the individuals I know that work in the medical field. Secondly, I think that by trying to identify the 1% as some categorical group we are denying them their personhood. They are individuals as well. And I truly believe that the vast majority of them mean no intentional harm to the rest of us. I think it’s an issue of ignoring the problem rather than actively creating it.  I think that the power of the 99% movement comes from the fact that it demonstrates how the experiences of the 99% are all so different, and yet we can all relate to them or empathize. Seeing the 1% as some faceless enemy that we can fit in a box is not only inaccurate, it’s self-defeating if we ever hope to come together and work towards solutions as 100%.

blaktivist:

Occupy… the C-Suite?

While I do appreciate this for the information it provides, I think it’s a little misleading.

First of all, “medical” is a pretty broad category. Are we talking doctors? Plastic surgeons? Medical/pharmaceutical company execs? Because I know it doesn’t include most of the individuals I know that work in the medical field.

Secondly, I think that by trying to identify the 1% as some categorical group we are denying them their personhood. They are individuals as well. And I truly believe that the vast majority of them mean no intentional harm to the rest of us. I think it’s an issue of ignoring the problem rather than actively creating it. 

I think that the power of the 99% movement comes from the fact that it demonstrates how the experiences of the 99% are all so different, and yet we can all relate to them or empathize. Seeing the 1% as some faceless enemy that we can fit in a box is not only inaccurate, it’s self-defeating if we ever hope to come together and work towards solutions as 100%.

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