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On the other hand, it is a shame they decided on this non-centralized and essentially leaderless movement because it has left them with a lack of focus.
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I think the same can be said of the Tea Party. Not to say you support either, but they are a contrasting group. The Tea Party started out as a party of accountability -- they wanted the same accountability out of bailed-out banks and car makers that is expected of the average American. Now they only apply their rhetoric only to the middle class and poor, never the rich elite, which is sad, but is a different discussion.
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The Occupy protesters should be protesting against a bought-and-paid-for Congress,
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Well, I think that by going against their benefactors, they are doing so.
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These politicians create the system by which the 1% continue to increase their wealth at a rate that dramatically outpaces the rate at which the other 99% are able to increase their wealth; many of these politicians are also in the revolving door of "politician to lobbyist then back to politician"--when they leave public office they get a job peddling influence back to the same Congress they just left. This corporatocracy is the true source of many of our current problems.
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I think the Occupy movements "get this." It's a tirade I'd like to go on more, but you cannot fix politics without decoupling it from dollar donations. It's an issue I've worked on since law school 10 years ago, and I have found the simplest fixes, but to get those things done politically.... well, heh.