Good? Bad? Meh?
I can't say that I know a whole lot of either side, but from what I've gathered, I think that The Occupy movement is nowhere near perfect. I find it difficult to summarize their aims, because frankly there isn't any main focus. It's people who are angry about either unemployment, unfair distribution of wealth, capitalism, corporate greed, class warfare, etc; but that's not necessarily true between each person, and it's hard to get a clear point across without a platform everyone can agree upon. Because of which, people who oppose the movement see it as people who just want a handout, or that it's just lazy people who are blaming their unemployment or lack of money on Wall Street and away from their own bad decisions, or even just left-wing agitators who are just protesting for the sake of stirring up a storm.
At the same time, though, we are seeing this uprising of people that all across the nation are getting out there and expressing what is concerning them. The movement may not be clearly focused, but even if there isn't the same goals in mind between everybody, there is a certain connection between each member of the movement: they are all sensing that something is wrong with the way things are going, and they want to make sure that people know that they don't like what's going on. It certainly isn't perfect, but it's masses of people stating that something needs to get done. Sounds like democracy-in-action to me.
I guess in the end, I support the movement, but I'm not 100% sure what exactly I'm supporting. Pissed-off Americans, angered by the system, perhaps?
*blastin' off, yo*
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