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Originally Posted by vaylorie
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please enlighten me as to why enacting change inside of the current system wouldn't work. (again from a laws and 'goings-on' perspective)
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Over the last 30 years or so the influence of money in politics has steadily increased. The recent Citizens United decision is the cherry on top of this trend. Over the same time period the middle class has been disappearing predominantly into the lower class. The result is that more and more money/political power is being concentrated in fewer and fewer people. As far as I can tell, it's this trend that the Occupy folks object to. The reason it's difficult to change this system from within is because pushing your agenda requires you have more money than those who are pushing back. This problem is compounded by the fact that the system reinforces itself as those with money use their power to skew the system in their favor.