Wall Street Mocks 99-Percenters By Looking Down, Drinking Champagne (let's make this viral, huh?) [View All]

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Run time: 01:28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PiXDTK_CBY   Posted on YouTube: September 23, 2011 By YouTube Member: StephenHannardADGUK Views on YouTube: 488   Posted on DU: September 24, 2011 By DU Member: the_chinuk Views on DU: 10685

 
Members of a swank club look with amusement and disdain on on of the 99-percenter protests in Wall Street … while sipping champagne.

I'm sure one or more of them made "the peasants are revolting" jokes.

The men and women looking with disdain and indifference on the protesters deserve to be the face of the indifferent hyperwealthy in America today. If any of you ever read The Great Gatsby, you know that Tom Buchanan and the rest of the "Swells" in the book would feel right at home on that balcony, literally AND figuratively looking down on the underclass upon which they guiltlessly stand, thinking somehow they got up there on their own.

From the YouTube text:

Who occupies 55 Wall Street? The sprawling, historic Manhattan building is home to the Ciprion Club Residences, a private club as well as residence to Wall Street's élite.

Gathered on the balconies of this home of the rich, men in suits and tuxedos as well as women in silk dresses and business suits, casually sipped on their glasses while smiling and taking pictures, seemingly oblivious to the fight of the 99 percent.