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Jason Mattera, author of “Hollywood Hypocrites,” on why he believes Occupy Wall Street is dead-on-arrival.
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Troops.
Corporations defined as people.
Money find -- free speech.
Politicians for -- -- the highest -- 1% of our country holds almost half of our entire wealth.
-- think this system is broken and you have to do something.
-- my next guest at the movement doesn't have a chance to regain momentum joining me now.
Jason -- -- author of Hollywood hypocrites.
Chasing you know I'm there's a big giant bush is not Hollywood it's millions is the White House you still think it's going to be dead on arrival though -- -- actually Charles -- Charles it's going to fizzle out.
And that's because Occupy Wall Street lost respect and relevancy.
After reports were coming out that they were a -- came in on cop cars they were reaping other protesters.
They would defacing private and public property even in liberal havens like New York City residents are fed up.
They don't wanna have to -- conga drums banging -- all hours of the day they wanna go to Starbucks and not be harassed by these wanna be -- so.
Listen having these these.
-- Gossip Girl cast members on this occupy -- I area cover from -- the and I watched the entire piece Jason you know they'd be equated to this override smarts.
They they say we want to go I'll be allowed wanted to be aggressive we want you to be seen.
-- Olivia -- imploring the -- to get out there this spring.
And the president might be are going the same thing if it does start to catch on particularly what better organization.
Candidate backed actually grow despite all the objections you just mentioned.
I think it's.
Gonna be very difficult Occupy Wall Street is so 200911.
It's I think it's just faded and -- Barack Obama and and Hollywood will do everything possible.
To continue to gin up the politics of envy and greed and have people.
Covet their neighbors -- and and all the evil corporations and and rich people but what it's what's so ironic is that while you have Hollywood saying.
How how in the far -- say it is -- makes money in politics you look at Obama's two top bottlers.
And -- Hollywood movie executives Jeffrey Katzenberg and Harvey Weinstein in fact.
When this video comes out it turns out -- that George Clooney is hosting a 40000 dollar a plate dinner.
Fund raiser for Barack Obama and met.
-- free speech right to do -- Hollywood on actors but it if if corporations are are really evil and they're paid by corporations.
And if you don't wanna -- money and politics and Hollywood should -- every political fund -- moving forward because to them it's ruining our democracy.
What do you make have a Jason I mean obviously he wrote the book Hollywood hypocrites.
And so you got I had -- about this -- anyone else what's when an actress who probably makes ten million dollars a movie.
Is screaming about that the 1% I don't get I don't understand where she's coming from -- what do you think they're trying to achieve.
That's a great point a two factors 18 comes down to liberal guilt.
They they in the heart of hearts believe that they can.
Help -- working man and that they've somehow attain.
-- their success through ill gotten gain and and society needs to get rid of this -- you know structural barriers so chancellor liberal guilt.
And also it's the -- and some liberals it's all on an emotional appeal.
Metal Hollywood does to connect people aren't on -- Biggs to the big strain they try to sell -- their product.
Liberalism is nothing more than a political temper tantrum with with with political label attached to it so I don't think it's.
It's any surprise that you have Hollywood which has to be emotional and that you have liberalism which is all emotion come together it's a match made in there have been.
-- some -- less than a minute it's pretty clear now the president Obama's running for the for reelection.
Not based on the economy but based on the notion of fairness based on the notion of social justice -- why do you think they're so confident that this is gonna be a winning message this time around.
Well because you almost have barely half of Americans who don't pay federal income tax.
You have bust -- growing number especially of young people who think the system is.
A weighed in against them they they're buying into the principles -- of socialism they've been taught in academia for nearly their entire lives so.
This is how they'll left is gonna have a fighting chance to show that the economic malaise and slow recovery were -- is somehow the fault of rich people corporations and Wall Street that's why they're doing it's pure politics author of Hollywood hypocrites -- the logic some affair.
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