Occupy Wall Street was a joke

[Soulless4510]

You know some people on this site truly believe that occupy Wall Street was going to be this unifying game changing moment in the United States.

But honestly I never thought that when it was happening and I was not surprised when the entire autistic movement died away it did.

The reason why occupy Wall Street never really change anything is because there was no real plan other than bitching at the people working in the New York stock exchange.

Tell me people who really were down and cool with the movement what was the big plan where were the politicians you playing on voting on?

Hell for all the stuff you can say about the tea party back during that time. got the people they wanted in power and after their rallies they cleaned up after themselves.

Occupy after it was done like most liberal rallies you had that people clean up after them and as a bonus for occupy The clean up crew were wearing hazmat suits.

 

[Danny.exe]

I think it was going fine enough until the whole Ketchup deal.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

It could have been something if they didn't let the progressive stack faggots take over.

 

[Syaoran Li]

You know some people on this site truly believe that occupy Wall Street was going to be this unifying game changing moment in the United States.

But honestly I never thought that when it was happening and I was not surprised when the entire autistic movement died away it did.

The reason why occupy Wall Street never really change anything is because there was no real plan other than bitching at the people working in the New York stock exchange.

Tell me people who really were down and cool with the movement what was the big plan where were the politicians you playing on voting on?

Hell for all the stuff you can say about the tea party back during that time. got the people they wanted in power and after their rallies they cleaned up after themselves.

Occupy after it was done like most liberal rallies you had that people clean up after them and as a bonus for occupy The clean up crew were wearing hazmat suits.

Occupy's biggest problem was that it sprung up too quickly and was both too decentralized and too "big tent", which is why it more or less started as a crowd of random people bitching at the NY Stock Exchange.

The fact it was so decentralized yet had such a broad spectrum of support from liberals, leftists, centrists, and even some lolbertarians as well is what spooked the fuck out of the corporatists. And that's why they made sure to smother it while it was still in the cradle.

It could have been something if they didn't let the progressive stack faggots take over.

This. I personally think the SJW's/proto-Woke Left were kinda there from the get-go since the whole mindset emerged organically from a variety of factors but they all were marginal and on the sidelines at the very start of it.

Then all of a sudden they became more prevalent and Occupy fell apart before it could effectively centralize. I honestly think that was subtly astroturfed and that the corporations did everything they could to ensure the SJW's would wind up the dominant clique with their progressive stack mentality.

This was the origin of the Woke Left as a full-blown movement and ever wonder how the Woke Left keeps getting stronger and has the full backing of the corporations that run this country? Shit like this is why.

 

[Maxxicus Callahan]

You know some people on this site truly believe that occupy Wall Street was going to be this unifying game changing moment in the United States.

But honestly I never thought that when it was happening and I was not surprised when the entire autistic movement died away it did.

The reason why occupy Wall Street never really change anything is because there was no real plan other than bitching at the people working in the New York stock exchange.

Tell me people who really were down and cool with the movement what was the big plan where were the politicians you playing on voting on?

Hell for all the stuff you can say about the tea party back during that time. got the people they wanted in power and after their rallies they cleaned up after themselves.

Occupy after it was done like most liberal rallies you had that people clean up after them and as a bonus for occupy The clean up crew were wearing hazmat suits.

What happened in 2008 was fucked up and people were rightfully furious. Unfortunately like you said the unifying message got pretty convoluted and truth be told I think the authorities know how to handle this kind of thing pretty well. When people protested George Bush for the invasion of Iraq and he was asked how he felt about all these marches he said I think it’s a wonderful thing that they can protest that’s what I want for the people of Iraq. So protest movements can be a double edged sword when they function as a part of the dialogue that is expected and even welcomed. The thing is we are all moving to the rhythm and beats of capitalism every day it’s an all encompassing global system and its pretty hard to opt out of and not participate in, to simply find a way to not participate or do nothing rather than fight it is sometimes more effective if that makes sense. Stole that idea from Zizek’s the Courage of Hopelessness

 

[5t3n0g0ph3r]

Occupy after it was done like most liberal rallies you had that people clean up after them and as a bonus for occupy The clean up crew were wearing hazmat suits.

People were literally shitting on cars.
You expect me to believe that these same people were going to tiddy-up?
These are the same type of people who created the shitshow that was CHAZ.

 

[Furina]

There are lots of reasons why Occupy failed, but one of the most interesting reasons (in my opinion) is that there were too many people who wanted to be in charge of their pet issue, but no one who wanted to be in charge of the movement as a whole. The "movement" was just a herd of cats.

Occupy couldn't do anything without having to get the approval of dozens of minority issue leaders, all of whom were only interested in what would benefit them. Where a strong central leadership would be able to wrangle their various faction leaders to spearhead one issue, Occupy had to try handle a dozen issues at once but couldn't prioritise anyone over anyone else until the progressive stack arrived. That was quickly seen for what it was and anyone with any sense abandoned the shit show.

 

[Dr Pepper]

You weren't even out of middle school when that happened, zoomer. It was a solid movement that almost made real change in our national financial institutions.

And then fucking Ketchup showed up. The personification of the absolute worst aspects of the left wing. A 'female bodied person' who demanded that people line up based on sex, sexual preference, and fucking skin color. As others mentioned above this is what killed it. You had people of all walks of life protesting, contacting politicians, spreading awareness, all the typical activist shit, but what was really exciting was that so many different people were working together. Blacks, Whites, Gays, Asians, Hispanics, etc. And then hyper indentitarian faggots destroyed it.

We'd have European levels of social assistance, no debt, and maintain our fundemental rights if it weren't for racist, indentitarian idiots. Whether lefty progressive stack faggots or white nationalists or whatever.

 

[Dufe]

It could have been something if they didn't let the progressive stack faggots take over.

It was inevitable. But since the stonks come from the neo hitler notzeez at the massive right wing wacko site reddit, it is unlikely to happen here.

 

[Just A Butt]

it's been like 10 years.

what brought this on?

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

what is a normal person suppose to do against wall street? even if you understand the economics, the how and the why they fucking you over, what were they suppose to do? its the politicians job to save guard its people but in a world where those in power are all corrupt, what can an average joe do?

 

[kazuhiro]

what is a normal person suppose to do against wall street? even if you understand the economics, the how and the why they fucking you over, what were they suppose to do? its the politicians job to save guard its people but in a world where those in power are all corrupt, what can an average joe do?

Spit on his hands, hoist a black flag, and begin slitting throats, in Minesweeper.

 

[Not Really Here]

They were retards who didn't understand they should have been protesting in DC.
Fuck that was funny, whining at brokerages who were complying with regulations designed to make more minority homeowners.

 

[Bad Gateway]

lol remember the time when news publications were like "Occupy Good" and then retards from the internet were like "We Did Occupy" and then Occupy was exclusively comprised of college wasteyouths, trust fund failures, and literal homeless trannies

 

[Shovel Mech Pilot]

OWS was an astroturfed movement created to help Democrats in the 2012 election. There's always a fake grassroots movement that shows up before an election and fades into obscurity shortly thereafter.

 

[Bussyking7]

what is a normal person suppose to do against wall street? even if you understand the economics, the how and the why they fucking you over, what were they suppose to do? its the politicians job to save guard its people but in a world where those in power are all corrupt, what can an average joe do?

Lol. If you understood economics you'd know that our financial institutions don't need reform.

 

[Lemmingwise]

We'd have European levels of social assistance, no debt

Yes, clearly european countries and citizens are debt free.

what is a normal person suppose to do against wall street? even if you understand the economics, the how and the why they fucking you over, what were they suppose to do? its the politicians job to save guard its people but in a world where those in power are all corrupt, what can an average joe do?

Buy gamestop stocks.

 

[Syaoran Li]

OWS was an astroturfed movement created to help Democrats in the 2012 election. There's always a fake grassroots movement that shows up before an election and fades into obscurity shortly thereafter.

This is what traditionalists actually believe.

Lemme guess, you're a Zoomer who grew up in the blue states and you probably subscribe to The Distributist?

Nah, Occupy Wall Street began as an organic movement that was very big tent. I know, I took part in local OWS protests in 2011-2012 and the problem was that corporations subtly pushed the SJW's to the forefront and had them take over and ruin everything.

The SJW's were always kind of there from the get-go but they didn't have much pull in OWS until a little while into it. Once that woke progressive stack bullshit kicked in, then everything fell apart.

The rise of the Woke Left is pretty much the result of corporations backing a movement that had an organic origin but wouldn't get as big as they did without corporate support.

 

[Lemmingwise]

This is what traditionalists actually believe.

Lemme guess, you're a Zoomer who grew up in the blue states and you probably subscribe to The Distributist?

Nah, Occupy Wall Street began as an organic movement that was very big tent. I know, I took part in local OWS protests in 2011-2012 and the problem was that corporations subtly pushed the SJW's to the forefront and had them take over and ruin everything.

The SJW's were always kind of there from the get-go but they didn't have much pull in OWS until a little while into it. Once that woke progressive stack bullshit kicked in, then everything fell apart.

The rise of the Woke Left is pretty much the result of corporations backing a movement that had an organic origin but wouldn't get as big as they did without corporate support.

OWS wasn't an odd response to the economic crisis caught by greedy bankers, who then got bailed out by tax payer money. I'm assuming that was part of your motivation to get into it. It would have been for me, but it was odd seeing people squatting in tents here in the Netherlands, with how remote some of the issues were.

Some banks sent some employees and talked to the people and gave them some free t-shirts (with bank logos), which they then wore. Weird to see, lol.

 

[L50LasPak]

I think it would have failed without all of the other issues getting tacked on anyway. Its main issues was too broad to have mass appeal, and what were these people going to do anyway? Just stand around for months until Wall Street changed its ways? Was never going to happen, interference or not.