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13. They weren't given enough time to work on it.
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 11:32 AM
Jan 2022

They were put down with force, infiltrated by agitators, and disregarded by the press.

Unlike our friends on 1/6/21.

Yup 👍 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 #1
The Occupy movement was certainly squashed by the 1% Authoritarian suppression of Democracy. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2022 #2
Yes, but the Occupy movement failed because it had no long term goal. Tommymac Jan 2022 #3
They weren't given enough time to work on it. Probatim Jan 2022 #13
Absolutely correct!!! There is so much bullshit that goes on in the US while many people RKP5637 Jan 2022 #25
In my minds eye I can still see the bulldozers and hazmat suits they wore to clear out the occupiers Blues Heron Jan 2022 #4
Yup. Tommymac Jan 2022 #6
Same here in SF but then it became a homeless encampment with drug dealing out in the open kimbutgar Jan 2022 #24
No, they didn't... brooklynite Jan 2022 #5
+1000 oldsoftie Jan 2022 #8
You're forgetting the drum circles, too nt doubleplusgood Jan 2022 #14
I'd put it out of my mind; they were right outside my wife's office. brooklynite Jan 2022 #15
Yep, this is the bottom line of what happened. K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2022 #26
the problem is anti stupid Jan 2022 #7
Good post but it started in 1770. Tommymac Jan 2022 #10
Not at all Reagan wrt the ownership class YP_Yooper Jan 2022 #22
They jumped the shark when they insulted John Lewis in Atlanta. oldsoftie Jan 2022 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Jan 2022 #28
LOLLLLL oldsoftie Jan 2022 #31
Correct malaise Jan 2022 #11
Yes indeed Magoo48 Jan 2022 #12
No, don't take months off, we need you now...a two-week vacation is all we can afford Escurumbele Jan 2022 #16
More rotten binary thinking in OP, as if racists, misogynists, and corruption have no role. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2022 #17
It is the billionaires' dollars that stoke that racism, misogyny, and corruption. Lonestarblue Jan 2022 #18
Binary thinking, again. As if the racism would go away if the billionaires did. Nonsense. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2022 #19
Rotten binary thinking? YP_Yooper Jan 2022 #23
American oligarchs, no doubt, funded the coup. gab13by13 Jan 2022 #20
And citizens united gave the 1% their ultimate weapon to destroy democracy. nt yaesu Jan 2022 #21
Tax the shit out of them IronLionZion Jan 2022 #27
The Occupy Movement destroyed itself from within. The 1% made sure of it. minstrel76 Jan 2022 #29
The 1% meme was a huge positive legacy. Tommymac Jan 2022 #30
I hate the 1% I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2022 #32
That's why they are being so aggressively Anti-Biden. He wants to tax them just a tiny bit more. Tommymac Jan 2022 #33
Well they started the war I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2022 #34
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