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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   "It's turning into us against, them," says a 36-year-old Occupy Boston   
   protester quoted by the Boston Herald's Howie Carr. Wait, wasn't that   
   the idea? Not exactly. It turns out that when he says "them," the guy is   
   referring not to billionaire Jewish bankers but street vagrants. "They   
   come in here and they're looking at it as a way of getting a free meal   
   and a place to crash, which is totally fine, but they don't bring   
   anything to the table at all."   
      
   The same is true in New York, where, according to the Daily News,   
   "Zuccotti Park has become a haven for the homeless," who are abandoning   
   shelters and camping out at the park, "enticed by the allure of free   
   food and a community of open-minded people." But as in Boston,   
   open-mindedness goes only so far. "We have compassion toward everyone.   
   However, we have certain rules and guidelines," says Lauren Digioia, 26,   
   who belongs to the "sanitation committee":   
      
   	"If you're going to come here and get our food, bedding and   
   	clothing, have books and medical supplies for no charge, they   
   	need to give back," Digioia said. "There's a lot of takers   
   	here and they feel entitled.   
      
   As is often the case, the Onion anticipated all of this, in a 2002   
   article titled "Marxists' Apartment a Microcosm of Why Marxism Doesn't   
   Work":   
      
   	The filthy, disorganized apartment shared by three members of   
   	the Amherst College Marxist Society is a microcosm of why the   
   	social and economic utopia described in the writings of Karl   
   	Marx will never come to fruition, sources reported Monday. . . .   
      
   	The situation is familiar to Donald Browning, author of Das   
   	Kouch: A History Of College Marxism, 1970-1998.   
      
   	"When workers willfully become less productive, the economy   
   	of the household suffers," Browning said. "But in a society   
   	where a range of ability naturally exists, someone is bound   
   	to object to picking up the slack for others and end up getting   
   	all pissy, like Josh does."   
      
   	According to Browning, the group's lack of productivity   
   	pervades their lives, with roommates encouraging each other   
   	to skip class or work to sit on the couch smoking pot and   
   	talking politics. . . .   
      
   	The lack of funds and the resulting scarcity breeds not only   
   	discontent but also corruption. Although collectivism only   
   	works when all parties contribute to the fullest extent, Foyle   
   	hid the existence of a $245 paycheck from roommates so he   
   	would not have to pay his back rent, in essence refusing to   
   	participate in the forced voluntary taxation that is key to   
   	socialism. Even worse, Dorff, who is entrusted with bill   
   	collection and payment, recently pocketed $30, a theft he   
   	claimed was "for the heating bill" but was put toward buying   
   	drinks later that night.   
      
   Meanwhile, the New York Times reports on the "library" at Occupy Boston,   
   which carries a full range of titles from Z to Zinn. The best detail is   
   this: "The librarians have eschewed the Dewey Decimal System, concerned   
   by historical accounts that portray Melvil Dewey, its inventor, as a   
   racist and misogynist."   
      
   Take a college humanities department and deprive it of all the support   
   it receives from capitalist enterprises--investment income from the   
   institution's endowment, tuition money from well-heeled parents,   
   subsidies from taxpayers--and what do you get? A bunch of crazy   
   freeloaders sleeping in a park.   
      
   --   
   "If Barack Obama isn't careful, he will become the Jimmy Carter of the   
   21st century."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)