Will Occupy Wall Street be Co-Opted?

I really hope not, but did you see it coming? Just like with the Tea Party. Eventually if a movement catches on, then some money oriented organization comes along and co-opts the movement.

It's now happening to Occupy Wall Street.

I hope you will read the entire article. It is very interesting and very important if we want to bring about real change.

MoveOn.Org and Friends Attempt toCo-Opt Occupy Wall Street Movement

Gandhi once said of growing movements of social protestation, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." The trajectory of the ever-evolving and growing Occupy Wall Street movement follows the same pattern almost to a "T," with slight variation.

Now, apply that model to the most recent public relations and marketing ploys of organizations like MoveOn.org, the ascendant "Reclaim the American Dream Movement" and the general segment of society author and journalist Chris Hedges calls the "Liberal Class" in his most recent book titled "The Death of the Liberal Class" (of which the former two are both a part).

In so doing, one can observe a perfect case study of the liberal class in action, in four distinct acts, with one exception: "then they fight you" can be replaced with "then they attempt to co-opt your movement."

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