http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/nyregion/bloomberg-says-tent-city-at-wall-street-protest-exceeds-free-speech.html
There's been an interesting development going on in the U.S. that is really the mirror image of what's happening in the European Union countries. It could also be likened to the Arab Spring protests, but come now, let's be realistic, there has been very little that can compare with those amazing and consecutive uprisings.
The Occupy movement, whose spark came from directly protesting Wall Street, has flourished to the centers of a number of major U.S. cities, converting parks or squares into scenes of political protest. What is surprising is the perceived momentum that the movement has gained, quelling many of the predictions that it is sure to lose steam. Indeed, it is all too often the case that political activism, especially from younger generations, is considered only to be a trend that will fade. Such a trend, however, seems to have little reason to fade in light of the overwhelming dissatisfaction expressed by the majority of Americans nowadays.
The initial messages of the movement became the object of criticism, which varied from vague complaints to general ideals. In spite of criticism, picking one intended purpose over another may pale in importance when compared to the real effect the Occupy movement is having on political discussion. And there is nothing vague about the political dissent to the current majority of society. Besides this, the message can be figured out easily enough by the common citizen: the status quot of Government/Society isn't cutting it, and the masses want some real solutions to not only improve it, but to guarantee it changes.
The methods of doing so is a discussion that has yet to take place. Nonetheless, I tend to support this general idea, an idea which opposes the obvious shortcomings of democracy that purports to accept the influence of money as being something neutral and therefore natural. But on the other hand, the Occupy Movement has become a very identifiable form of political expression that is coming extremely close to hitting its boundaries. This is groundbreaking in that it has reached such an extreme presence, and the views of regulation as well as protection have been challenged.
There's been an interesting development going on in the U.S. that is really the mirror image of what's happening in the European Union countries. It could also be likened to the Arab Spring protests, but come now, let's be realistic, there has been very little that can compare with those amazing and consecutive uprisings.
The Occupy movement, whose spark came from directly protesting Wall Street, has flourished to the centers of a number of major U.S. cities, converting parks or squares into scenes of political protest. What is surprising is the perceived momentum that the movement has gained, quelling many of the predictions that it is sure to lose steam. Indeed, it is all too often the case that political activism, especially from younger generations, is considered only to be a trend that will fade. Such a trend, however, seems to have little reason to fade in light of the overwhelming dissatisfaction expressed by the majority of Americans nowadays.
The initial messages of the movement became the object of criticism, which varied from vague complaints to general ideals. In spite of criticism, picking one intended purpose over another may pale in importance when compared to the real effect the Occupy movement is having on political discussion. And there is nothing vague about the political dissent to the current majority of society. Besides this, the message can be figured out easily enough by the common citizen: the status quot of Government/Society isn't cutting it, and the masses want some real solutions to not only improve it, but to guarantee it changes.
The methods of doing so is a discussion that has yet to take place. Nonetheless, I tend to support this general idea, an idea which opposes the obvious shortcomings of democracy that purports to accept the influence of money as being something neutral and therefore natural. But on the other hand, the Occupy Movement has become a very identifiable form of political expression that is coming extremely close to hitting its boundaries. This is groundbreaking in that it has reached such an extreme presence, and the views of regulation as well as protection have been challenged.
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