Occupy Wall Street: This is the Future of Resistance in America

The Occupy Wall Street movement is what should have arose following the 2008 economic collapse. Instead, powerful conservative activists co-opted public anger and fortified the Tea Party. A faux-populist movement whose platform brazenly seeks to bolster Wall Street has occupied the political void. That is, until now. 

 Occupy Wall Street isn't receiving the media attention it deserves, and we shouldn't be surprised. This movement makes the powerful extremely uncomfortable. It, unlike the Tea Party, defies the oppressive nature of corporations (mainstream media included). Don't judge the success of Occupy Wall Street by mainstream media coverage. If anything, judge it by the police presence.

This movement isn't about winning or losing: it's about the disenfranchised exercising their long-neglected civic duties. It's about taking ownership of the atrocities we've let take place in the name of endless war and boundless greed, and saying "no more." The uprising may be destined to fail. But this kind of resistance is essential to retain one's moral character, whether it makes an impact or not. 

For too long, the lower classes have stood by idly as corporate forces have destroyed communities and halted futures. We've seen the private sector become more powerful than, and then slowly merge with, the State. Occupy Wall Street provides a blueprint to end the oppression. Win or lose, this is the future of resistance in America.