"OWS - Where have they gone?"

[Phillyindy]

12. Sorry, I disagree

Look I was all about OWS. Donated, went down to city hall in Philly many times to do my part.

There was a moment, a once in a generation moment, where OWS caught America's attention and had the support of many. There was real momentum, something big.

But like any great movement you need a defined goal, an end game. Civil rights. Gay rights. Worker rights. Environmental laws. They all had leaders and a specific goal.

OWS didn't. Originally their message was about corporate America and Wall Street owning our political system and rigging our entire economy for themselves, and this resonated.

But then this "horizontal leadership" you refer to led to OWS appearing to be for everything and nothing all at once. Then you add in the anarchists, the trouble makers, the pot smokers, to clueless kids...and the corporate media had no problem making OWS into a joke.

OWS brought the 99% talking point to the forefront, a wonderful accomplishment. But as a movement , given the national spotlight and momentum it had, it will go down as a massive failure and tragic lost opportunity.

Worse, it doesn't seem like you guys learned the lessons yet.

And please don't reply that "you don't care about getting things done within the system, you want to tear down the system and replace it"...to the average American that message is as scary as anything the tea party freaks have ever said.