"Podem ainda não estar a ver as coisas à superficie, mas por baixo já está tudo a arder" - Y. B. Mangunwijaya, escritor indonésio, 16 de Julho de 1998.
Que os 1% mais ricos sejam "impostados" [como dizem os imbecis] de forma a proporcionarem uma existência mais digna a quem contribuiu ao longo de uma vida de trabalho para o seu acumular de riqueza.
Cinco anos depois a consciencialização chega ao canto mais ocidental da Europa.
«[…] revealed a core of 1318 companies with interlocking ownerships (see image). Each of the 1318 had ties to two or more other companies, and on average they were connected to 20. What's more, although they represented 20 per cent of global operating revenues, the 1318 appeared to collectively own through their shares the majority of the world's large blue chip and manufacturing firms - the "real" economy - representing a further 60 per cent of global revenues.
When the team further untangled the web of ownership, it found much of it tracked back to a "super-entity" of 147 even more tightly knit companies - all of their ownership was held by other members of the super-entity - that controlled 40 per cent of the total wealth in the network. "In effect, less than 1 per cent of the companies were able to control 40 per cent of the entire network," says Glattfelder. Most were financial institutions. The top 20 included Barclays Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and The Goldman Sachs Group.»
Ouvir, nestes últimos dias, a Direita comentar com a boca aberta de orelha a orelha, num misto de espanto e censura "e não é que os ‘indignados’ e os ocupas de Wall Street têm iPhone e iPad?", é só um upgrade do mui salazarento "é pobre mas tem frigorífico".
«A lot of fantastic media has been created about the "Occupy" movement. I was watching one video in particular and commented to a friend, "Wow, seeing all those super smart hot chicks at the protest makes me want to be there." He replied, "Hmmm... Yeah, let's go with that."»
«Money talks, but not loud enough for the 99%. By circulating dollar bills stamped with fact-based infographics, Occupy George informs the public of America's daunting economic disparity one bill at a time. Because knowledge is power.»