So can we finally say that OWS accomplished nothing?

[halik]

It's been like a year now...

Aside from a bunch of criminal records, property damage etc. As far as policy goes, I can't help but to chalk it up to zilch. Even the loony guy with a big sign about greed (or something) by my office is gone now.

 

[airdata]

Well, they accomplished letting us know that the government is corrupt and we can't do shit about it.

Just wait til obama takes your guns.... Wait til your bank steals all of your money... and then you have no guns to fight off the govt with.

But really... They protested alot of things that are clearly wrong. It showed us that alot of right wingers don't give a shit if the government steals money from people as long as they don't touch their guns or as long as a black man isn't in office.

 

[werepossum]

Well, they redistributed at least one very expensive MacBook Air . . .

And they probably redistributed a lot of viruses and other STDs . . .

 

[Londo_Jowo]

So can we finally say that OWS accomplished nothing?

As far as anything of importance, it's safe to say that they accomplished nothing.

 

[gevorg]

they showed that generally peaceful revolt is not possible in a police state

 

[dank69]

they showed that generally peaceful revolt is not possible in a police state

This.

 

[halik]

they showed that generally peaceful revolt is not possible in a police state

Is that how you cope with denial? Here's a clue: to accomplish something, you have to have a vision, a plan, and path to get there.

Not doing anything productive regarding those three and then chalking it up to "police state" or some other such platitude only demonstrates your delusion.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

How does one consider breaking the law/violating other peoples rights as being a peaceful revolt.

 

[soulcougher73]

They accomplished showing how much is wrong with the US and that corporations will always win out over people. Basically the US is fucked and time to move.

 

[chucky2]

Revolt is way too strong a word. More like, display of dissatisfaction coupled with party atmosphere while having fun showing The Man you're not afraid of him while you walk around with other delusionals out doing the same thing.

OWS could have done something meaningful like stormed the Corp offices they were protesting, but that would have landed them in jail and taken some balls. They instead were content with walking around talking on their cell phones and partying it up.

Chuck

 

[blankslate]

They brought the idea of the 1% vs the 99% in terms of wealth and income into a wider public awareness. That might be insignificant or significant.... who knows?

However, I really doubt that certain wealthy people who spend money on politics are totally kosher with a that being more widely thought about now than it was before OWS.

 

[airdata]

How does one consider breaking the law/violating other peoples rights as being a peaceful revolt.

Sorry, he must have forgot that corporations are people too.

Even though they're too big to be prosecuted even if they're guilty of ruining our entire countries economy.

 

[Ausm]

It's been like a year now...

Aside from a bunch of criminal records, property damage etc. As far as policy goes, I can't help but to chalk it up to zilch. Even the loony guy with a big sign about greed (or something) by my office is gone now.

It proves they don't have enough cash to fix the problem. It also proved, without a shadow of a doubt, that our Gubermint is bought AND paid for.

 

[airdata]

It proves they don't have enough cash to fix the problem. It also proved, without a shadow of a doubt, that our Gubermint is bought AND paid for.

+1

 

[airdata]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB9khoY00sQ

 

[Jaskalas]

I hope that if there is a lesson to learn in this dismay, that you'll take to heart the need for us to break apart the two incumbent parties. That the system is broken and we need to shake it up with change. Real change, not the feel good change we saw in 08.

When a third party is the majority, or states have seceded, that's when you know something has changed. Now get out there and achieve that goal.

 

[kage69]

The Tea Party movement led to us getting a credit downgrade. Clearly the joke is on the OWS folks as they only ruined some public (possibly also pubic) areas.

 

[brandonb]

Peaceful protesting (or minor vandalism protesting as OWS was) doesn't help anybody. You can take the 99% have them protest all they want peacefully and still nobody will give a shit.

The second they stop paying taxes (if they did in the first place) or start attacking the government. Then we're on to something.

 

[thraashman]

The Tea Party movement led to us getting a credit downgrade. Clearly the joke is on the OWS folks as they only ruined some public (possibly also pubic) areas.

OWS could have potentially affected some change if there'd ever been decent leadership to them. Then again, for all we know if they'd had that leadership they could've proven as damaging to this country as the Tea Party ended up being. Though unless we elect the new Nazi party en masse to Congress, I doubt anything could be as damaging to the country as the Tea Party has been.

 

[JimKiler]

Operation Wall Street, thanks OP for making me guess what OWS was.

If they would have been organized and protested one thing and only one thing, The lack of prosecution from the 2008 housing collapse they could have gotten a victory which in turn could lead them to a new single objective and eventually became a political party. But having a bunch of people protest and there before more reasons that people does not help your cause.

 

[ichy]

they showed that generally peaceful revolt is not possible in a police state

You have no fucking clue what an actual police state is like.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Sorry, he must have forgot that corporations are people too.

Even though they're too big to be prosecuted even if they're guilty of ruining our entire countries economy.

Yes, he must have forgot all the people that were affected by OWS protesters stopping traffic, chasing school kids, destroying property, taking over restaurants toilets facilities, and using public places as toilet facilities.

 

[xj0hnx]

I could have told you it wasn't going to amount to jackshit when it started. If the ELF, Earth First, and other Eco-terrorist didn't get shit done with their direct action monkey wrenching, than fuck all a bunch of 20 something hipsters sprinkled with some anarchist is going to get anything accomplished.

 

[airdata]

Yes, he must have forgot all the people that were affected by OWS protesters stopping traffic, chasing school kids, destroying property, taking over restaurants toilets facilities, and using public places as toilet facilities.

Is all that worse than irreparably damaging our nations economy? Or am I missing something somewhere where people being inconvenienced trumps ruining a nation.

 

[airdata]

Also, please read up on agent provocateurs. It's real... and the government really does it, and it works.