I think that the Occupy Wall Street movement has already succeeded in doing one thing.

[LoZoccolo]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. And what might that be, my dear LoZoccolo?

[LoZoccolo]

4. I think they've gotten people to think about gross imbalances in economic power.

[PETRUS]

5. And those imbalances direct impact on political power.

Oh, and it got me to sleep in the street, too. Very uncomfortable.

[phasma ex machina]

8. The secret's out about our de-facto royality, 99.99999% of people are de-facto serfs.

Bernanke once bragged that the best thing about being the Chairman of the Federal Reserve is "I get to go through the security lines at the airport much more quickly, and I can take along even three ounces of fluid if I want to" (link). Bernanke was actually being modest. As an agent of the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland, Bernanke enjoys full diplomatic immunity, as do all central banksters. Central banksters are above all law, accountable to none.

[begin_within]

2. Causing Google ads to slow DU to a crawl?

[NYC_SKP]

3. Oh, yes indeed. Probably more than one. We've gotten "their" attention, and...

...we've gotten the attention of a few of the 99% who never gave all of this much thought.

And we've even managed to not have the movement completely maligned by the MSM.

Mostly maligned but not completely.

More to come!!

:patriot:

[chollybocker]

6. OWS has also exposed some very shitty city gov'ts and PDs.

NYC, Denver, Oakland, Nashville... and any city where violent arrests have been made.

All politics is local. Grass roots and all that.

[socialist_n_TN]

10. Once again I have to correct the record here RE: Nashville

It was NOT the NPD that arrested the Occupy Nashville protesters. It was the Tennessee State Troopers.

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[leftstreet]

7. It's taken pressure off politicians and put it on rich people. Good idea going into an election n/t

[meow2u3]

9. OWS shone a light on the corporate capture of government

No one is fooled anymore by the spin and lies anymore. Everybody knows Wall Street is being run like a de facto legalized organized crime syndicate. Just like the Mafia, they've bought judges, politicians, and the police, and has been robbing us with virtual impunity.

[Ohio Joe]

11. un-rec for half a thought

Which is what I've come to expect.

[mopinko]

13. it has moved us closer to purple america.

and chipped away at the divisions that have allowed the .001% to get their way.