“The slogan advances the opposition of the people to the elite that has exploited us and expropriated our labor and our future. No, exploiters are not welcome. But exploiters who want to participate in overthrowing capitalism, in ending the conditions that have given them an obscene percentage of the social surplus should be encouraged to do so. But only under the condition that they realize that the end of the game is eliminating the conditions that put them in the top one percent.”

Jodi Dean on Dave Winer and Occupy Wall Street. The slogan she is referring to above is the “We Are the 99%” slogan. Her quote is in response to Dave Winer’s post about OWS, including the following quote: 

“The 99 percent message is brilliant, but it’s problematic. What if I were a member of the 1 percent (I might be). Would my participation be welcome?”

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Jodi Dean is brilliant. If you’re not reading her, you need to be, especially now. 

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