Occupy Underground
In reply to the discussion: "OWS - Where have they gone?" [View all]Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)Per the cartoon with the man screaming "no movement can succeed if it fails to encapsulate its message in a simple soundbite!", so much is wrong that all of it in and of itself forced OWS's existence. All of it has to change to a model reflecting fairness and equality. This does not require tearing down existing systems; it merely requires creating new (fair, equal) systems which will literally obsolete the cruel, old systems (a debit card which costs only 99 cents a month with no other fees can quickly cause one to simply forget all other options, for example. The ugly, selfish options will vanish as a result). And we have begun with the Rolling Jubilee/Strike Debt, the OWS financial cooperative, the free medical clinic in the southwest (forget which state; sorry), free service to the homeless such as in Occupy Sydney (which is raided constantly by an enraged government), Occupy Sandy relief efforts, etc. It's begun. Education and outreach regarding "money and corruption out of politics/income inequality" are active and are gaining new ground. Occupy Madison have an assembly line to create tiny houses for the poor and homeless (and those who simply wish to live that way).
OWS' main message is equality and fairness. That's our goal. It's not forgotten. It is vast and wide and far-reaching. It has in fact, begun. Its success relies upon it becoming the will of the majority, and it is ramping up to such as we watch. No one likes unfairness except for those fattening themselves through it. We are headed toward a peaceful populist uprising which will simply create better ways of living to replace that which is ugly.