Occupy Profile Pic December
Let’s start an Occupy Profile Picture December. Change your Facebook photo to an image reminiscent of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
And before you call me out on “slacktivism”, consider this:
It’s all about spreading awareness. The Susan G. Komen Foundation, for example, single handedly changed our culture from one that was secretive and reticent about “the C-word” to one that openly talks about and encourages learning and raising awareness about all kinds of cancer.
http://m.npr.org/story/140477589?url=/2011/09/14/140477589/susan-g-komen-founder-discusses-her-book
Let’s spread awareness about Occupy Wall Street. Explain to the nay-sayers what it’s really about:
• How senators and congressman, judges and even our presidents are won over by corporations. Politicians operate under a corporate-capitalist system under the guise of a capitalist system. If they vote the way that huge corporations want them to vote, those corporations will help fund their next run for office.
• And for those who think the corporate funding of congressman has always existed and will never change, think again. Our nation’s culture has went back and forth over the centuries and will probably continue to do so. We are simply at the cusp of a new progressive era.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-new-progressive-movement.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share
• We can no longer make a positive change simply by voting. We’re super saturated with corporation funded government propaganda. It drowns out those honest few politicians who truly respect the 99%. After the primaries, the only politicians left are those still funded by corporate giants.
• Then you say, “But I’m smart enough to know not to vote for the corporate funded politician.” OK, so maybe you are smart enough. But most people aren’t. Especially since we live in a society where compulsory education is a tool the government uses to condition, subordinate, and ultimately control us.
(Michael Wesch: Anti-Teaching: confronting the crisis of significance
http://www.scribd.com/mobile/documents/6358393/download?commit=Download+Now&secret_password=
Teacher who used Socratic method: was he denied tenure for asking too many questions? The sad state of education
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/10/31/after-student-complaints-utah-professor-denied-job
“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.” -Thomas Pynchon)
So join me. Occupy our Facebook profile photo with an image reminiscent of the Occupy Wall Street movement. We can use whatever image we want, or if something catches on virally, we’ll simply let it.
