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Originally Posted by Daldolma
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The difference is that successful protests all have one thing in common: a goal. What is OWS's goal? Their only stated goal is to protest. What do they want done? Eliminate Wall Street? That's not a realistic or desirable goal.
I'm going to ask a genuine question, because it doesn't make any sense to me. Liberals (and I use the term loosely, because I'm not sure how else to classify the group) argue that the banking industry has corrupted the government in order to continually push policies which move capital toward the richest of the rich and away from the middle and lower classes. However, they by and large support programs that would increase taxes and increase the role of government within the life of the everyday citizen. More taxes, more social programs, more federal funding. How do you reconcile those two view points? If the government is being corrupted by Wall Street, why increase their funding and influence?
I generally agree that Wall Street -- and more specifically, the rich -- use their resources to manipulate government and maximize their own earnings, regardless of the effect that has on the rest of the country. But partially because of that, I'm wary of expanding the role of federal government within the lives of the everyday citizen. If anything, the role of government should be increased within the financial sector. Increase oversight and legislation, sure. But when everything points to the government being in bed with big business, why would you want to increase the amount of money and scope of influence being provided to the government as it relates to your common citizen? That's what doesn't match up for me.
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"OWS is fighting back against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process, and the role of Wall Street in creating an economic collapse that has caused the greatest recession in generations."
Goal is to lessen/eliminate the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process.
They're doing this by trying to raise awareness and change peoples opinion of how the government currently works. Like in the
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where 75–80% of the marchers were black and had little to no actual power to change anything other than protesting and changing the minds of the public and eventually the senate, house, and president to sign the Voting Rights Act.
If the government is being corrupted by Wall Street, why increase their funding and influence?
I dunno I'm not a liberal or know anything about government corruption. I just saw people having conflicting stances on what OWS was doing so I looked up what they're protesting, why to protest in general, and some protests that worked in the past.