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

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[–]topiary2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

In theory, a strike or boycott is supposed to starve the powers that be from a cash flow enough to make them bend to the mob. Since they have unlimited power now and own practically everything, a strike is completely useless unless enough people intend to uproot from the system and rely entirely on themselves and each other by cutting out the middle man.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"Bend to the mob" and do what, though? Do you really think a few billionaires saying, "fine, we'll agree to be less rich" is what's missing from our society? Don't you think economic inequality, the need to work, etc. are just inherent to life? We live in a world of scarce resources and they have to be allocated. How would you propose we do this differently?

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

Ima be real with you, that's a great point.