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jart 4 hours ago

Every group that showed up in the park and was working on a project, they could come to me and ask that their donation link be posted on the OccupyWallSt.org donate page. I'm a tech person. I registered a domain. I play it neutral. I included everything from basket weaving to aspiring governments. One of these groups called itself NYCGA or the NYC General Assembly. They were the political organization that claimed dominion over Occupy Wall Street and the public elected to give them the lion's share of donations. The guy who ended up with most of their money, if memory serves me right, is a tattoo artist named Pete Dutro. So these days I'm a lot more opinionated. The Pete Dutros of the financial community took out trillions of dollars of loans from Japan and the economy is crashing right now because of them. We should be focusing on reallocating that capital.

knuckleheads 4 hours ago | parent [-]

What a fall from grace, trying to fashion buying calls on FXY as a revolution! Put this on your own personal website and redirect that page, let the domain maintain some dignity.

jart 3 hours ago | parent [-]

This was posted on OccupyWallSt.com. The OccupyWallSt.org website is still exactly as it was in its full 2011 looking glory. I've been dragging my heels on renewing the SSL certificate however everything's still there. It's even been cataloged and archived by the Library of Congress for posterity. So the dignity of the movement has been secured and is continuing to be respected. Your voices are now a permanent artifact in America's historical record.

animal_spirits an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I was in 8th grade in 2011 and new to web2.0. Saw much about Occupy Wall St and was inspired. Just thought I'd let you know, so thanks for the work.

jart an hour ago | parent [-]

Thank you for saying this.

lawrenceyan 26 minutes ago | parent [-]

Part of the reason why I come to HN is that conversations like these still happen.

greggoB 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Your voices are now a permanent artifact in America's historical record.

I like how the wording here (Your voices) is giving off that sarcastic and patronizing "you're welcome" tone.

Like a religious person saying "I'll pray for you" to someone non-religious, where the undertone is an obvious middle finger.

It's pretty fun.

jart 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I was quoting Coriolanus by William Shakespeare.