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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Great article on the growing strength of the Occupy movement:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...2198405/page2/
Also, I think this paragraph sums up the whole thing very well:
It’s true, as critics state, that the occupiers lack focus. What those critics haven’t grasped is that the initial absence of a cleanly packaged set of demands is precisely what marks Occupy Wall Street as a truly democratic movement. It’s all about the process. There is no CEO corporate-style hierarchy here, and no one told the occupiers in advance what they should say. What we are witnessing is a leaderless, horizontally organized, participatory democratic process in action |
"Growing" is a bit of a misnomer in this case.
It's not difficult to find a few hundred like-minded people on a subject like this in ANY city of one million or more.
And its probably not difficult in our social media age to have those few hundred in a variety of cities spring up for their day in the sun, which is what is happening.
"Growing" as a descriptive would be more applicable if, after springing up with those first few hundred, thousands and tens of thousands more joined the initial group in EACH of those locations.
You're just not seeing that yet.
Organizers would hope that would happen but I haven't seen it.
And I think a lack of clear goals and focus is the problem.
"The usual suspects" are coming out but its hardly a groundswell.
Cowperson