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Without a proper leader or real organization, do you think the Occupy movement has any real potential to enact any positive change?
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answered:    November 09, 2011
I do. Just like the tea partiers (or the American revolution) all it takes is to reach a critical mass of energy where discontent starts to tap into mainstream feelings and the media begins to pay attention. The excesses of authority attempting to keep Occupy neat, tidy and out of sight (see police actions from NYC to the west coast) only fuel the fires. The banks withrawing debit card charges can be attributed to Occupy, and more is on the way. A lot of people don't ltrust banks and other financial institutions for their behavior over the last half dozen years. Ocupy is crystallizing this. And that's positive. The media started out ignoring Occupy and now covers it . You have to have outrage beore you have meaningful change, in most cases.

Will it last? Will the tea partiers last? Probably not as a movement, but its effects probably will.
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answered:    November 08, 2011
I seriously doubt it. They may be effective in the beginning, but eventually they're going to need a core set of values or a leader to rally around. It's a diverse movement, so either organization will emerge or the movement will splinter into ting little fractions.
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answered:    December 01, 2011
No. Though I feel that their message is being heard by many and that some are changing their ways in response to the movement, their tactics and "sit-ins" (as we used to call them in the Sixties) are more destructive than not. After politicians saw that they were not a popular force with the voters, they started acting against them. Stories of jugs of urine and destroying park property as well as their plans to shut down the commerce of the west coast through blocking ports -- no, they do not have my support.
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answered:    November 30, 2011
Yes, they do. For the simple reason that their primary focus is on something that the majority of the American public is concerned and angry about. For every person active in the occupation there are hundreds of others that want the economic system to be altered to bring back the strong middle class and quit pushing more wealth into the hands of the few. Protest movements that channel a common public concern can and do have great power for change.
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answered:    November 08, 2011
I doubt it too. Because of a lot of civil disobedience and some out & out anarchy in Oakland, I think their message gets lost rather fast. The upcoming winter storms may dampen their enthusiasm. :) I'm all for putting money in credit unions, but what will really handle is to vote through the ballot box. When the minority of voters shows up and votes, you get what you sow!
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