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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·8 days agoCivil war of right vs left will achieve nothing but bloodshed, but the 99% vs the 1% has legs. Violence is not necessary. Occupy wall street was surprisingly effective. The Hong Kong umbrella movement was derailed more by covid than anything else.
minus-squarereiterationstation@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoOccupy made Tim pool a lot of money anyways.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoPowered by youthful exuberance, Occupy not only roused a spirit of protest, but also helped create a template for peaceful resistance that could include equal measures of social media and old-fashioned physical presence. In my opinion, it exposed an achilles heel in the current power structure. The 1% do not like being the scapegoat for public anger.
Civil war of right vs left will achieve nothing but bloodshed, but the 99% vs the 1% has legs.
Violence is not necessary. Occupy wall street was surprisingly effective. The Hong Kong umbrella movement was derailed more by covid than anything else.
Occupy made Tim pool a lot of money anyways.
…what change did Occupy effect?
Powered by youthful exuberance, Occupy not only roused a spirit of protest, but also helped create a template for peaceful resistance that could include equal measures of social media and old-fashioned physical presence.
In my opinion, it exposed an achilles heel in the current power structure. The 1% do not like being the scapegoat for public anger.