I see OWS as a great success, for what it was. I say for what it was because it succeeded where it could and failed where it had no chance of success anyway.
The question is how do you make a movement that has a chance of success on all fronts?
Follow me and i'll explain what I see were OWSs weaknesses and hopefully we can figure out how to fix them.
OWS did one thing well, create awareness by defining the problem, but it had no solution nor did it define the problem in a way a solution could ever form. How do you solve 1% and 99%? Math? So there was no way it could have ever lead to any change beyond moving the Overton Window so far that wealth distribution went from fringe talk to everyday talk in a social moment. Which wasn't too shabby in itself, but how do we move from there?
The first issue I think was a too generally formed problem that didn't explain the issue clear enough for people to see any solution and thus there was never any solution that could be had. I also think though that if a solution could have been had it lasted so long the message would have never been able to solidify. Message hijacking will cause a movement to become more diluted and confused as time goes on. Another issue is 99% is not nearly inclusive enough when the real problem is probably something less than 0.001% of the population.
So it seems to me what you want is an all inclusive solution to a clear and understandable problem already in the minds of a solidified movement acting quickly to get this solution implemented.
If thats the case how do you make that?
6:58 PM PT: I have learned that the answer is not to be found by making a diary here lol
Thanks for the interesting, if off track, conversations everyone!
(Jokes aside there are some insightful comments I do appreciate)