Why I didn’t participate in last night’s social justice demonstration

Israelty.com ^ | 9/6/2011 | Brian Blum

[Nachum]

I didn’t participate in the mass social justice rallies last night. I wanted to, sort of. But inertia and washing the post-Shabbat dishes grabbed center stage. Moreover, I’m still conflicted about whether or not I fully support what’s going on outside on our streets. Nehemia Strasler put it best in an article in today’s Haaretz.

Strasler, an economics writer for the paper, compared the two main voices of the protest movement: that of Daphni Leef, who started the whole thing on Facebook, and Itzik Shmuli, head of the National Student Union. Leef tends to get most of the press – especially since revelations last week that she never served in the army and didn’t rush to do national service instead – but her approach leaves me with the heeby-jeebies.

Leef wants “a change of the economic system,” Strasler writes in his piece, in “an attempt to force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to completely reverse his approach.” Her movement opposes privatization, free competition and free enterprise, Strasler adds, and wants “big government that imposes much greater taxes.” In another article, I read that her eight-page manifesto also calls for government-backed mortgages.

Let’s just take the last point for a moment. Government-backed mortgages are exactly what got the U.S. into such economic turmoil. Sure, mortgages were formally given by banks, but Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, quasi-government organizations, essentially guaranteed those mortgages. They were then among the biggest recipients of the massive bailout package. Implementing such a strategy here would be an unmitigated disaster!

[Nachum]

The founder of this protest says she 'isn't political', but wants taxes to go up. She never has done any form of national service of any kind, but makes demands.

[GeronL]

There is no such thing as “social justice” it is simply a term people and ideologues use to get what they want, in this case they are commies.

[rogue yam]

People seem to always want some sort of “third way” fairy dust. The truth, however, never changes. Government cannot and does not create wealth. And a “little bit” of wealth redistribution always turns into more wealth redistribution.

[PieterCasparzen]

Do these people realize they are sitting over there all alone with countless millions of crazies about to start a war of extermination against them ?

It is an islamic-communist partnership.

And do they realize that when they support communism and leftist ideas that they are supporting the crazies who are about ready to attack ?

I’d say there’s a 50% chance that before NoBama is out of office, jihad breaks out against Israel and no one lifts a finger to help them.

If they read a little of the foundational writings of free enterprise and early American history they’d be well served.

IMHO...

[gtwizard]

Just read Atlas Shrugged and be terrified!