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In reply to the discussion: Why would anybody who isn't a right-wing greedhead WANT OWS gone? [View all]BillyRibs
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I see Occupy as one of the most successful movements of the 21st century. In a very short time without any central "leaders" For Anyone to root out and destroy, Bad National news coverage from MSM, and FBI and police co-intel-pro programs in full swing, they managed to changed the national conversation from, How much austerity? to; Why aren't the rich paying their fair share?, Bankers are not the solution, they are the problem. and lets put a leash on wall street. They even mainstreamed the term "Banksters!" Damned successful if you ask me.
It took the entire government apparatus and a few well places 1%ers. Millions of dollars and months of work to Dismantle just the camps. once the smoke clears on this alone a lot of cities will quietly have to shell out a lot of cash. At that point it became apparent to everyone that the Government works for the 1%. and you call this a failure!?
The only thing left to do for occupy was to sue the policemen/women and other personnel as individuals, and not as city agencies. The officers who broke up the camps used their official offices to "persecute the Occupiers", and "deny them their civil rights". That action alone would have the police and the authorities all by the short ones. What cop would try this again if they know they could be dragged into court to be sued? court cost alone would drive most of them into bankruptcy, because as boss Tweed once said we hire half the poor to keep the other half in line. As for "We were just following orders"!? That crap never floats.