[sam_paine]

I'm not so sure. There is a satisfaction which comes with doing a job and doing it well, and something else: self-respect. Granted, there are those who have acquired a taste for the ersatz of "self-esteem" they've been fed all their parasitic lives, but for many, one taste of self-respect can be a game-changer.

That may be true for a farmer, and it may be true for a "hard-working" thief too.

It's hard to predict, and I don't even think we all have a good idea of what the "average American" heart/character has left right now, much less predicting what he'll do when the going gets rough.

I'd like to think it will be more like 9/11 than OWS, but I'm not so sure...depends.

In 9/11 I think the first reaction was caring for each other, then the megaphone "they're gonna hear from all of us" fighting.

In OWS we see hating each other (classes) as the first reaction, then incoherence.

Interesting times, unfortunately.

[Smokin' Joe]

Interesting times, unfortunately.

True, that.

And I never thought about a thief feeling self-respect for thieving, but in these inverted times that could be the case.