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In reply to the discussion: Let's Not Forget OWS... [View all]Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)I stopped seeing the 'major media outlets' as credible a very long time ago.
The notion that no one ever discussed income inequality and tax fairness before the launch of Occupy is utterly ridiculous.
To hear the OWSies tell the tale, an entire nation 'learned' about this disparity for the first time last September, having been completely in the dark before then.
The growing disparity between the very wealthy and the hard-working middle-class has been known, and has been a topic of heated conversation, since long before Occupy. OWS picked up on that conversation and ran with it - but to credit them with having started the discussion is silly at best.
The phrase "the top 1%", and all it implies, has been around for a very long time. Occupy turned the phrase around to focus on "the 99%" - a smart move and a catchy slogan. But OWS did not start the fire - it's been burnin' for years and years.