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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
This is the whole crux of the debate. I think they know what they're trying to argue, but they are having extreme difficulty articulating it or forming it into a coherent, effective message.
They may not have had a discussion because they don't know how to even begin with it. But I would say that for the most part, these people are arguing about economic difficulties and pointing fingers at those who own the wealth and make the corporate/political decisions. I think that much is pretty obvious if you look at what's being "protested" in New York, Calgary, wherever.
Cap, I can tell you're educated an passionate about the issue, and perhaps that's why you have a good grasp of the whole thing. Many people, protesters and non-protesters, don't have as good of an understanding, for whatever reason that might be.
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Ozy, unless you have insight from the "inside," I think you're giving the remnants of the Occupy Calgary group way too much credit. They have no coherent message simply because they don't. Not because they can't articulate effectively or have a good grasp on terminology or are misguidedly echoing the OWS statements, etc. They have been reduced to ego-driven, self-centered grandstanding with nothing more than a pathetic effort at branding themselves as some sort of philosophical thinktank for a futuristic, fantastical society. Their irrelevance is staggering.