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In reply to the discussion: I know, I know Occupy is dead... right [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)So you really know nothing about it, or you have absorbed the propaganda, and I hate to have to point this out, but your comment reflects Fox News' take on OWS, without bothering to learn anything about it yourself.
Where do you get your information btw?
OWS was so 'unfocused' that it attracted the attention, especially its message, of top Politicians. The first time in years that 'the people' actually got the attention of their elected officials.
Eg, NY State Attorney Schneiderman credits OWS with helping him stop the egregious agreement he was being pressured to sign which would have let the corrupt banks off the hook for their criminal involvement in the mortgage scam.
I think I'll take Schneiderman's assessment of the focus of OWS over Faux's any day.
Had it not been for them, the big banks would be off the hook for crimes committed against the people, which are now being investigated. Also, Schneiderman's stand against the pressure, with the help of OWS, to make a deal that would have prevented consumers from being able to sue these thugs, would not have been possible, according to him, without OWS.
Just one example of how their focus made a huge difference in just a few months, a difference Congress was not about to even try.