... I’ve been paying attention to this movement, which has drawn thousands of disenfranchised people into the streets to rally in the last few weeks. But like lots of others, I’ve had trouble getting a handle on exactly what they want. The labor unions are involved, which is interesting, but the agendas of many others are all over the place. Look at the photos from New York last week, and you see signs saying everything from “Money Hungry Fascists Are Dead Inside” to “Globalization Is Murdering Our Earth” to cryptic posters saying “Free!”
Reporters have talked to lots of people who tried to explain what is going on, and almost all of them are quick to point out that the movement is not political per se. Still, the cornucopia of aims and often-disparate goals sounds a lot like what we heard from tea party folks when that movement was gathering steam. Yin and yang.
Republican deep-thinkers have been quick to theorize that the whole thing is either a Democratic plot, a nascent Socialist or Communist takeover, or an outright attempt by anarchists and nihilists to destroy America — which shows you they’re worried about it. The Democrats have been tentatively supportive, but you can tell they’re scheming ways to co-opt the whole thing to their advantage.
I think this movement will eventually surprise everyone, and good will come out of it. If nothing else, it will be nice to listen to people fired up for a while about issues besides tea party staples like the benefits of paralyzing government, and whether Mormons are real Christians ...
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