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Originally Posted by zuluking
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.
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No, they have a reason for protesting (atleast initially). The message is just really poorly articulated, and they didn't do themselves any favours by not clariyfing it over the last month.
Whether you think they're 'ego-driven, self-centered [and] grandstanding' is pretty much irrelevant; they started protesting because of the movement inspired in New York, which was about income inequality and the gap that continues to widen (and other things like crony capitalism, excessive big government intervention, etc).
They don't have a clear message. They need one. However, I don't think it's smart to discredit them in the same way you think Ozy's over-crediting them (atleast initally why they started protesting, which might have seemed somewhat legitimate). But we can definitely all agree that now, they have no message, they are not willing to take that responsibility on, and their gig is up.