I saw your tweet and decided to follow it back and comment.
As best as I can tell the exponentially growing Occupy concept is a spontaneous movement aimed at waking up the 99% of people who feel they've lost their voice in the political arena. The "We are the 99%" meme is highly contagious and driving things forward as is the neutral politics. The few Occupiers camping out are keeping things going, kind of like holding the fort, with part-timers able to come and go from on-going protest actions. What the "end-game" is going to is not clear yet. All that has emerged so far is a Declaration of Occupation that reads much like the original Declaration of Independence, a long laundry list of complaints.
The positive outcome so far are the twice daily General Assemblies and off-shoot open forums where anyone with a voice can speak their mind. There are no leaders yet and no single demand requiring the action of others, so the movement is entirely open to the evolution of ideas .. the best ones will likely emerge. Check out http://www.occupylist.com for an example list of possible demands that have emerged that I've seen. Perhaps a 99% Party will emerge, who knows, it's early days still!
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Date: 2011-10-05 06:40 pm (UTC)As best as I can tell the exponentially growing Occupy concept is a spontaneous movement aimed at waking up the 99% of people who feel they've lost their voice in the political arena. The "We are the 99%" meme is highly contagious and driving things forward as is the neutral politics. The few Occupiers camping out are keeping things going, kind of like holding the fort, with part-timers able to come and go from on-going protest actions. What the "end-game" is going to is not clear yet. All that has emerged so far is a Declaration of Occupation that reads much like the original Declaration of Independence, a long laundry list of complaints.
The positive outcome so far are the twice daily General Assemblies and off-shoot open forums where anyone with a voice can speak their mind. There are no leaders yet and no single demand requiring the action of others, so the movement is entirely open to the evolution of ideas .. the best ones will likely emerge. Check out http://www.occupylist.com for an example list of possible demands that have emerged that I've seen. Perhaps a 99% Party will emerge, who knows, it's early days still!