I don't have a problem with this group, but like so many other protest movements it seems to be more about problems than solutions. From my own personal observations of watching an Occupy Seattle protest (I was in the Starbucks across the street, typing on my Mac and waiting for the Banana Republic to open), there were signs about environmental protection, pro-unions, and anti-outsourcing (and anti-war, which I'll leave out of here because they aren't really relevant to corporations). And while it's nice to imagine an America with a stronger manufacturing sector, lower unemployment, and better environmental protection, I can't begin to imagine how all of those things are implemented at the same time - environmental standards are one of the reasons that the manufacturing sector cannot compete with asian manufacturing.
The way I see it, the only way the occupy movement gets any real clout is if someone writes a political platform that they can get behind, similar to how various politicians started to tailor their platforms for the tea party movement. But I don't see any mainstream politicians doing that, because right now the movement still seems to be unpopular overall.
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