But with the recent clearing of encampments in Washington, D.C.— one of the last cities in which they still existed — a movement that came in with a bang appears to be going out with a whimper. Future political operatives might view it as a case study in how not to organize a lasting movement.
Give the Occupiers credit for tapping into a widespread sentiment that Wall Street — and to some extent the whole economy — has become too plutocratic, with a wealthy 1% elite playing by its own rules and exercising too much power.
Oh, please. From the first time I heard of these losers, it was obvious that these protests were organized by far-Left groups using the old Leninist tactic of being the vanguard of the proletariat. It was all about finding an issue they can start and quietly lead with the fig-leaf of non-communist groups providing the vast majority of the manpower. They did that and even got the media to go along as part of the smoke screen lauding their "idealism."
In fact, the cul-de-sac communists just wanted to be the 1% in charge of the other 99% just like any good communist society. Luckily, enough Americans saw what they could do to foul our public parks without giving them authority over public governance.
And that "whimper" you hear is the sound of power sprayers hosing down the filth that the 99 percenters left behind.
