Here are some points well made in the video:
- Government is not a mystical, inexhaustible entity bearing free gifts for us all.
- Government is a system of legal plunder; it is nothing more than a middleman between criminal and victim.
- Government works with and for the wealthy and “big business” interests; it works against the 99%.
- Government itself is the problem, not who is running it.
- Politicians and bureaucrats are (self-interested, fallible) human beings, not omnipotent angels.
I think if the Occupiers understood all these points, they might reconsider who the enemy is.
As for the “we” stuff, I agree with John James that is rhetorically important to “speak their language”. Sympathising with them is very important; we need to make it clear that we too hate the current system, and want radical change. See Alex Jones, Lew Rockwell and Ron Paul. The last thing we want to be seen doing is defending the status quo, the bankers, or the CEOs that they hate.
Let’s put stones in their shoes.