Occupy Wall Street was largely a failure, forgotten by history.

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[–]makesyoudownvote 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It was EXTREMELY successful imo.

It marked the beginning of the Socialist/Marxist wave that is the modern left.

It's basically that and Tumblr SJW/Wokeness that defines the modern left.

It also switched from most of the elites being right wing/republican to left wing. The tech billionaires were already supplanting them but this is what caused the institutional change where even the finance bros are largely left wing PC principle types now.

[–]xoenix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The rise of big tech, pharma and the medical industrial complex toppled the oil industry oligarchs.

Alex Jones' The Obama Deception covers how Obama purged the old power brokers and brought in the new ones.