Occupy movement is the brutal response by law enforcement. Witnesses expressed
shock when the Oakland police sprayed tear gas at protesters and complained
about the liberal use of billy clubs by cops in New York, but imagine Gen.
Douglas MacArthur unleashing a deadly offensive of tanks, bayonets and torches
on military veterans camping out in Washington, D.C.
The color and shape of the tents might've changed, but really, nothing else has. The spirit of the people hasn't, that's for sure.
The impact these earlier movements had is rarely acknowledged, but those uprisings inspired everything from films like “The Wizard of Oz” to transformative government programs such as Social Security. (taken from F**KED)For Americans information, The Wizard of Oz was written because the author L Frank Baum was using symbology in his book to talk about the Gold and Silver in his book to talk about the Gold and Silver Standards of Money......Does this all sound familar for today on a global scale?
The Wizard of Oz is hardly a family favorite because Dorothy kills the Wicked and Wins. It's because Dorothy, —naïve, young and simple—represents the American people. She is Everyman, led astray and seeking the way back home. Moreover, following the road of gold leads eventually only to the Emerald City, which may symbolize the fraudulent world of greenback paper money that only pretends to have value. It is ruled by a scheming politician (the Wizard) who uses publicity devices and tricks to fool the people (and even the Good Witches) into believing he is benevolent, wise and powerful when really he is selfish and cruel. He sends Dorothy into severe danger hoping she will rid him of his enemy the Wicked Witch of the West. He is powerless and, as he admits to Dorothy, "I'm a very bad Wizard."(taken from Wikipedia)
The original version of the Wizard of Oz and "the Man" behind the curtain was highy political.
Which only leads me to Bruce Springsteen's New Song "We Take Care of Our Own" Off his New Wrecking Ball Album.
You may ask yourself "Why"? "Why do you see The Boss' New song and video as a symbology of what is going on now in the USA."?
Here's Why. Bruce emerges from a plastic curtain in a ramshackled warehouse that has long been forgotten by the captains of industry which was run by the busy bustling buzzing worker bees. It is also a very timely political symbology of the USA now. That's why.
Dorothy might've had her magic ruby slippers and Toto, But Bruce has got his guitar and his voice.
He's like a Modern Day Dorothy trying to get back home.