The rest of Americans that believe in the free market, are just uneducated consumers. Discovering the role that our American consumerism has on the rest of the world, ecologically and culturally, has some mighty implications that few would willingly and readily swallow. Cheap gas and cheap groceries are addicting when you're tight on money.

Americans constitute 5% of the world's population but consume 24% of the world's energy. On average, one American consumes as much energy as, 2 Japanese, 6 Mexicans, 13 Chinese, 31 Indians, 128 Bangladeshis, 307 Tanzanians, 370 Ethiopians. Americans eat 815 billion calories of food each day - that's roughly 200 billion more than needed - enough to feed 80 million people. 250 million people have died of hunger-related causes in the past quarter-century — roughly 10 million each year. It would take the resources of 5 planet earths support humanity, if every person consumed as much as an American. There's a reason other nations are sending goods for protestors on Wall street; they hate our corporations.


This protest isn't just aimed at the corporations and government, it's aimed to influence the rest of the Americans too. We the people mofo.