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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
About time. They clearly weren't affecting any change.
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I agree that Occupy Calgary was a joke and to an extent the Occupy movement in Canada did little to nothing to spark any sort of debate, but to say the Occupy Movement in the US didn't affect any change is a bit of a stretch.
For something that is what two months old now, it spurred a thousand local versions and dramatically changed the political discussion for the past two months, I'd hardly say that there wasn't any change. I'll agree that there wasn't a similar symbolic change as we've seen around the world in the past year (anyone who thought that would happen is delusional), but it's far to early to say what the outcome of the Occupy Wall Street Movement will be.
I'd say there are already some small victories, in the form of the Larger banks rolling back their debit card fees and to an extent Obama's push to help with student loan reform. They're small events, but the key is to look at the talking points and political discussion over the next little while. It'll be interesting to see how the conversation changes over the next months leading up to the 2012 elections. If everyone starts talking about income inequality, removing corporate influence in Washington, student loan reform, then I think you'll see a similar impact from OWS in 2012 as the Tea Party had in 2010.