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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
With all due respect Ozy, I have my doubts that a rabble is going to achieve much of anything.
the Arab Wellsprings were well organized, had fairly defined leadership especially in Egypt, and they were focused on a specific goal.
For example, I looked at the list of demands that popped up from the Occupy Wallstreet, and it was so ludicris that nobody is going to take them seriously in terms of changing the system.
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I agree these Occupy protests are significantly different from the Arab Spring protests, but that doesn't mean something won't come about from this - it may just take a little longer. The protests show no signs of slowing down, and it's all been done in a non-violent, peaceful manner. That's the kind of mass public action that demands attention at the highest echelons of the U.S. administration. Obama has even sympathized with them and admitted the current system isn't perfect.
I guess I'm more pragmatic about the whole situation because I see it as the first real response by the American public on a mass scale to protest a broken banking and regulatory system. If some change - any change - can come of this, then I think the protests have achieved a purpose.