We aren’t the 99%

There has been much hype, lately, regarding Occupy Wall Street and We Are the 99%. Adolescents, 20 somethings, early thirties are all banding together to protest wall street, and the piles of wealth they have (potentially unethically) accumulated. The majority of these organizations’ constituents are college educated, unemployed and hoping for a change. After all, the American Dream is to educate yourself, and then prosper financially. However, America is currently entrenched in a slumping economy, a down market and the highest sustained unemployment rate in recent history. There simply are not a wealth of jobs to be thrown at this, seemingly, unmotivated crowd. This is the generation that has decided it’s best bet is to go to college, do nothing to prepare for a career while there, then whine and complain because they can’t find a dream job immediately. This is symptomatic of a culture that tells their children “dream big” you can be anything you want to. The practical problem with that is, in a down economy it is tough to find a job with the most obscure degrees ever. After reading some of the We Are the 99% things, there is no surprise these individuals can’t find a job to pay off the $200,000 student debt they’ve acquired with a degree in agrarian economics. The time to be pragmatic is now, make yourself employable. Rome wasn’t built in a day; and neither are careers. Some times the best course of action is to take a less than desirable entry level position, and work your way up displaying a good work ethic, and a base level of intelligence.