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The first step, in getting people disenchanted with the system together, has been mostly spontaneous.
However, there will have to be a second step and hopefully a third step.
The next step will be to clarify their demands. What do they want? How do they want the system to change?
Do they want publicly financed elections? Do they want trades on Wall Street to be taxed per trade? Do they want the tax rates on the wealthy to be raised? Do they want changes in the way student loans are handled? Do they want the wars to end?
They need to make a declaration of their demands. That is the next step.
The third step, and hopefully the final step, is to get political action on these demands. This is the only route to take if they are to remain a peaceful movement. They must become organized politically and vote for only those that support their demands.
The Republican Party is starting to realize the potential of this movement. They see it as perhaps the opposite of the Tea Party and one of potentially great influence on the Democratic Party. We are starting to see some of them, such as Eric Canter, change their tune already. They want to co-opt this movement and keep the Democrats from claiming it as their own.
However, the occupiers are much too intelligent to fall for their games.
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