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by Daishiman
5362 days ago
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OWS appears to be a concentration of several basic grievances held against the financial industry's control of the government. It attempts to raise awareness to the fact that income inequality is increasing, and that the accumulation of capital does not seem to be benefiting the large majority of society. It complains about the fact that the mistakes of the financial industry are being paid by the whole of society. It raises more questions than it attempts to solve, but has some basic tenets in favor of restoring the regulations of financial markets that have been lost in the last 20 years. Here's a random link I pulled that attempts to explain some issues: http://blog.pfaw.org/content/the-media-way-occupy-wall-stree... It seems interesting to note that, from what I've heard from people working in the media industry, there's a directive to paint the OWS as having no purpose, however many of the critiques that are being leveled towards it are just as valid, if not more, again the Tea Party movement, yet such comments were never made in mainstream media. It's also worth noting that there were some very powerful interests funding the Tea Party. Finally, many people within OWS have concrete propostitions, such as restoring the Glass-Steagall Act, changing the capital gains tax, introducing the Tobin Tax, etc. Of course, that would actually imply knowing a thing or two about political science, so most people can't be bothered to research that. |
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You said it. The Tea Party is/was essentially a media fabrication. There's obviously a lot of middle class dissatisfaction out there to be mobilized and the right wing tried to co-opt it for their agenda.
OWS, on the other hand, is an actual grass roots movement. Furthermore, when I listen to NPR (of all media outlets) continually doing their very best to interview every fumbling 22-year old and make the entire movement look stupid it makes me think that OWS has some very powerful people genuinely worried.
Thanksgiving with my entire Republican family is going to be a blast this year.