tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501419294567207665.post1955335775991827697..comments2024-01-01T18:40:30.350-05:00Comments on Ryan Cooper: Occupy the SEC and Public VirtueRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810858979281766801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501419294567207665.post-86868543838586997692012-05-03T21:21:54.921-04:002012-05-03T21:21:54.921-04:00True, true. I'm just glad in general to see so...True, true. I'm just glad in general to see some kind of movement that isn't either a bunch of deluded right-wingers or Astroturf corporate hacks. I'd like to see more Benefit Corporations as well. I sort of wish Google would have been set up like that.<br /><br />My only complaint with Occupy is that they don't seem to have a very realistic view of how to defeat the monied elite. There's a strand there of disengagement with politics, which is a sure way to fade into irrelevance. Wall Street has colonized our political institutions like some enormous fungus, and they'll use those institutions to beat back reform. Only by reclaiming the political process, perhaps by <a href="http://www.ryanlouiscooper.com/2012/05/wall-street-as-electoral-power-source.html" rel="nofollow">running against Wall Street</a>, can they be stopped.Ryan Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164379024023137718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501419294567207665.post-61575957679156840222012-05-03T10:27:35.076-04:002012-05-03T10:27:35.076-04:00Many people complain that OWS doesn't have a c...Many people complain that OWS doesn't have a coherent message that politicians can attempt to meet, sincerely or not. I've always found it to be a charming quality of OWS to be so ambiguous, and that it speaks volumes to the general discontent we have with the basic structure of or society. It's good to see some knowledgeable people take a good swing at such an undeniably corrupt institution. <br /><br />It seems that there is a growing population of people that simply want our value system to allow for both profit and social good that work cooperatively. Career options tend to hold these goals as mutually exclusive; private or public interest.<br /><br />Someone introduced me to concept of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation" rel="nofollow">Benefit Corporations</a> the other day. Not a bad idea. After reading about them I can't imagine why this isn't a model that every company aspires to. It seems a bit empty to suck up as much profits as possible at the expense of your employees or community.Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807465948140437183noreply@blogger.com