A Lesson For The Protesting Masses

The 'occupy Wall Street' crowd appears to be bent on proving ignorance among protesters is not limited to Egyptians, though, to be fair, the media seems to be going out of their way to find stupid and/or let well known leftists co-opt the movement. If a journalist heard a coherent thought among the protestors, it would be studiously ignored, for it doesn't fit the narrative. So, here is a basic little lesson about what has happened to us:

A really, really long time ago, people cared about their children and, when their children grew up and started thinking about having children of their own, folks would sit down and try to figure out how everyone would be able to feed the coming generation. It occured to, oh the vast majority of the entire human race, that the Mommy and Daddy to be would need some sort of capital in order to be able to provide for a famliy. In most cases this would be directly provided in capital goods- indeed land, various animals- the point here is that this stuff, properly taken care of, will produce food and other goods with which the new couple can raise their children.

But we've been lied to in so many different ways, often directly under the guise of education, that we demonize the word dowry and glorify debt. Can anything be sillier? Can you even begin to make a coherent demand in the face of such mis-education?

So far, I've heard demands that many Wall Street types will be happy to accommodate; it'll let them trick yet another generation. We will continue to be in debt to them and/or in prison and forced to work for them via their friends in government. They'll be glad to provide a free 'education'- more of a chance to make sure you come out the other end believing the sort of self-defeating tripe that will keep them in power.

Okay, this was a really basic lesson. Maybe I'll do more later. Maybe not. Nobody is running around giving me any sort of hope that there is reason to waste the time elucidating things. But please, try to think of the difference between a dowry, which allowed a new couple to provide for themselves and their new children, versus debt, which put us all into hock to the previous generation- you know, those baby boomers who have mysteriously managed to stay around and keep all those jobs they promised us we'd get if we only went out and got that expensive education.