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In reply to the discussion: Let's Not Forget OWS... [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)OWS made money in politics a huge issue, and were better at delivering the message than all those you say were doing so, who can't have been doing a great job since I can't think of it being a big issue that was HEARD by over 80% of the population within weeks of Sept 2011. Now their language is in the mainstream. They consolidated the message into easily remembered phrases which are now used even, inadvertently sometimes, by Republicans trying to sound like they care.
They reached the ears of the WH after which we were relieved to NOT hear any more talk of 'sharing the sacrifice' etc and all that other Austerity language that so prevalent until the emergence of OWS.
This election I met more people who, rather than be impressed with candidates who received huge donations from big Corps, were suspicious of them. I looked back at this subject to the 2004 election and was not surprised to see how thrilled people used to be to announce that a candidate had just received a huge donation from a major wealthy donor. OWS made that something to use AGAINST candidates, rather than for them.
I know you have always been opposed to OWS, but they are no only not going anywhere they are growing across the Globe and are really the only hope of stopping Wall Street influence on our lives and elections and for a movement still in its infancy, have had more success than any other entity so far in shining a light on the issues most important to PEOPLE.