I still don’t how I feel about the “Occupy Wall Street” movement itself. The movement doesn’t have much in the way of a firm ideology or concrete goals, so it’s hard to support it unconditionally. But if nothing else, I love the message “We are the 99 percent,” and everything it signifies.

“We are the 99 percent” captures everything I’ve been feeling for months. For months now, I’ve been railing over soaring inequality in America. The richest Americans have taken every last cent of economic growth for decades, while the rest of us have seen our wages decrease. Even as they have taken a larger and larger share of the wealth, they have demanded ever-greater concessions from the rest of us. Even as their incomes have soared, they have demanded new tax cuts, and suggested cutting programs we rely on to finance the giveaways.

What angers me the most, though, isn’t soaring income inequality, even though I believe that’s toxic for our country. What angers me the most is how the super-rich and their right-wing puppets have broken our social contract. Even as their wealth soars unimaginably, they have vehemently insisted that asking them to contribute to our country’s common good is “class warfare.” Then they have turned around and demanded sacrifices from the 99 percent.

The richest 1 percent are making more money — and paying lower taxes — than any time since the 1920s. At the same time, they’re dismantling institutions that once allowed the rest of us to achieve upward mobility. And yet they have the chutzpah to act as if they’re the ones under attack.

For decades now, the richest 1 percent have waged a class war against us. It’s about time we woke up and fought back.