OWS isn't a Relevant Movement to Change Society and May Hurt Us More then It Helps Us

[CTyankee]

82. You are right. this needs to be put in perspective. The anti-Vietnam War movement, IIRC, had its own

flag burners but in the end we got out of Vietnam.

Secondly, if nothing else, OWS has effectively injected the concept of the 99% and the 1% into the political bloodstream. Before OWS, that was not a clear rallying point.

I find it fascinating that a bunch of "nobodies" was able to challenge one of the richest and most powerful men in this country, Mike Bloomberg, and force him to back down. Impressive!

However, being that it is winter, we will have to wait for spring weather to determine where OWS will go.

But like I said, if the new political language OWS has created is its only contribution, that will be an important, even historic, event in American political discourse and policymaking. OWS has given voice to a critical turning point...and that ain't nothing...