#OcccupyMelbourne

A STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY FROM THE TDA CREW WITH THE OCCUPY MELBOURNE ENCAMPMENT!

The following is why we at TDA personally intend to Occupy and does not necessairly reflect the views of everyone at the square. The Occupy Melbourne encampment is of course inspired and in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement. However that does not necessarily mean ours is the same as the Wall St occupation although the spirit is the same.

Every one of us will be there for a different reason. There are commonalities of course but this is what is special about our modern civilisation. People of differing backgrounds, needs, desires and philosophies can live together in a pluralist society.

It would be disingenuous to lecture you on why you will be there. You have your reasons and your reasons are valid. The fact that we can stand together despite our differences is one of the biggest statements we can make. What is common to us all, is that we are not happy with the direction the Human Race and our societies are going. What is the cause of this is mismanagement from our law makers, elected and, unfortunately, unelected. What is at the root of this is how money is controlled and distributed through society.

This is not an issue of left and right. Whether you are a capitalist, a socialist, a unionist, a free market pragmatist or any other “-ist” you wish or do not wish to label yourself with, a City trader, a florist, a student, a tradesman, whoever you are, we can all agree that this system is broken.

1) The environment has been damaged to a degree that would break your heart.
Whatever your thoughts on Anthropogenic Global Warming surely all can see
that humanity’s impact on our biosphere is devastating.

2) Communities are breaking down with people pitted against each other rather
than rallying around each other. This is fostered by the system.

3) Mental health issues are on the rise and are at unexpectedly high levels in
our society. Look around you. Many people of all walks of life are suffering.

4) Household finances are under immense pressure, despite longer working
hours, with rising costs of living.

There is now undeniable evidence that there are forces acting in the world today that have no-one’s interests in mind but for those of a relatively few people. We can call these people the 1%. The 1% controls about 50% of the world’s wealth and therefore their opinions and philosophies can be far wider reaching and impacting than those of ours individually. This is why we will occupy the square, standing together with a common sense in the pursuit of a better world and to address the dynamics that have led humanity to this place in time. Big things have been achieved throughout history to afford us this sense of natural rights. We will not allow these rights to be taken from us in our time. So please

1) Do not look at each other in society for an enemy and a reason for the
world’s woes. Instead look together towards, what people refer to as, the
top, as this is where the dynamics on our society are constructed and
implemented.

2) Discuss together the issues that are important to you but if possible keep in
mind how your position would affect everyone else of differing needs and
desires around you.

3) Resist the people who would stand to benefit out of the hardships of others.

4) While you are in discussion, protect the conversation from attempts to divide
and conquer this movement. Instead embrace vigorous debate if it leads us
together, to a better solution.

The world has seen the Pirates return in the halls of banking and politics. They have been sinking our boats and plundering our loot for years. We are being taken on a regressive path towards a renewed system of Lords and Serfs. Let’s change that. Let’s live in a world in which the rising tide, borne of the human spirit, lifts all of our boats.

I am the 99% and I stand for a better, fairer, more equitable world for all of humanity.

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