#Fail to the Thief
Posted on December 12, 2011So Thom Yorke of Radiohead appeared at Occupy London last night to play a gig in support of their aims.
Whilst most of what Occupy stands for is so vague it’s almost impossible to pin down – even when they try to do so themselves – it is perfectly clear they claim to be for the poorer “99%” and against the rich “1%”. In their world the 1% are responsible for all ills, their wealth should be redistributed and they are fundamentally immoral by simple virtue of their wealth.
But which group does Thom Yorke fall into? With over 30 million record sales worldwide, it’s hard to see how he is part of the 99%…
Or do their principles of class war not apply when it’s someone left wing who’s been raking in the cash?
Tags: #OccupyLSX, Economics, Lefty hypocrites, Occupy, opinion, Politics, protest, public spending, Radiohead, Socialism, Thom Yorke
Categories: Culture, Economics, Opinion, Politics, Public spending
Radiohead released a single online a while ago where you paid by “voluntary contribution”. Not exactly a beacon of capitalism.
And besides, if people only supported groups based around the categories they fall in to, we’d all be tribalist… oh wait. Never mind.
07.12.2011 18:11
So having money means he can’t have a political opinion? What about the billionaires who are asking to be taxed more? (http://news.yahoo.com/patriotic-millionaires-want-more-taxes-why-213200569.html)
08.12.2011 00:49
It’s easy for YOrke or those others to espouse these ideas – but it’s more notable that they fail to put them into practice. They are all able to pay more tax voluntarily tomorrow if they wanted to, but strangely they choose to hang on to the cash…
12.12.2011 13:21