06-07-2012, 03:49 PM
I'm not sure it's fair to compare the Tea Party movement to OWS, since the Tea Party movement was infiltrated by moneyed political organziations who were able to con the movement into becoming part of the system, which obviously wouldn't fly with the Occupy people. So if indeed OWS has lost its momentum, it surely has more to do with the fact that in this country money talks, and thus a movement which abhors the influence of money could in theory be rendered almost mute.
The many people who have participated/are participating in the Occupy movement may have to resign themselves that in order to achieve any real influence they are going to have to "sell out". In which case, they may actually prefer to remain small and struggling and unbeholden, whether or not it makes any sense to the rest of us.
The many people who have participated/are participating in the Occupy movement may have to resign themselves that in order to achieve any real influence they are going to have to "sell out". In which case, they may actually prefer to remain small and struggling and unbeholden, whether or not it makes any sense to the rest of us.