Last Saturday, Antwerp had its own Occupy Antwerp event. For those of you who don't know Antwerp or have never been there: walk around in the center of town on any given Saturday and you get claustrophobic (at least I do) from the masses of shoppers occupying the streets. I had to do some shopping myself this weekend, I only go to the center of town if I really-really-really have to. And when I do I try to do my shopping in a record time, avoiding and evading the crowds.
In the afternoon Occupy Antwerp gathered some 500 people.
The contrast between the thousands of shoppers and the hundreds of Occupyers was embarrassing. We are living in a country where 'economic crisis' seems very far away, with politicians claiming 'everything is under control' and 'nothing as bad as Greece of Portugal could ever happen here'. So let's all go spend money buying stuff we don't need instead of thinking about what is happening in the world out there.
We should be
indignado about thàt.
