Rocket Log

Occupy Wall Street vs. The Tea Party

“Yeah, I’m oversimplifying, but only a little. The greatest threat to our economy is neither corporations nor the government. The greatest threat to our economy is both of them working together. There are currently two sizable coalitions of angry citizens that are almost on the same page about that, and they’re too busy insulting each other to notice.” - James Sinclair (via Andrew Sullivan)

I think this argument overlooks what is possibly the single driving point of conflict between these two groups: Unequal wealth distribution, rising steadily for the past 30 years (“We Are the 99%”) vs. opposition to taxation, income-specific and otherwise (the “Taxed Enough Already” Party). Still, it’s an interesting point.