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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoPowered by youthful exuberance, Occupy not only roused a spirit of protest, but also helped create a template for peaceful resistance that could include equal measures of social media and old-fashioned physical presence. In my opinion, it exposed an achilles heel in the current power structure. The 1% do not like being the scapegoat for public anger.
…what change did Occupy effect?
Powered by youthful exuberance, Occupy not only roused a spirit of protest, but also helped create a template for peaceful resistance that could include equal measures of social media and old-fashioned physical presence.
In my opinion, it exposed an achilles heel in the current power structure. The 1% do not like being the scapegoat for public anger.