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In reply to the discussion: Occupy's tactics are hurting their message and the left [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)In community meetings attended mostly by people 55+, we discuss using the idea of occupy to express our concern about situations in our community.
A park not properly cared for by the city?
Let's occupy it to clean it up.
So, "occupy" means that a group takes a challenge, a civic mess, a neighborhood eyesore, some unfairness in the community, a deteriorating school -- and occupies it to make it better.
I think that is what is happening to the movement.
And I think it is a good thing. The concept that the people should start making change for themselves and not just follow the lead of the corporate masters is the most important thing.
Hopefully, the port workers will understand that their difficult working conditions are not unknown to the rest of the country now. Maybe THEY SHOULD OCCUPY THEIR OWN PORT. That is what is needed in our country. We really don't have to put up with the mess caused by the corporate neglect and incompetence in our country -- whether it be the incompetence on Wall Street or the neglect in our local communities.
We voted for change and new leadership. We got the same old, same old Bush and Clinton appointees. I don't dislike Hillary Clinton all that much, but really? Why did Obama promise change and then appoint so many people from the Bush and Clinton administrations?
We were hoping that he would occupy the White House and kick out all the old ideas and old solutions that never worked.
So now we are occupying. But occupy does not just mean tents. It never did.