This is not meant as a put down of the Wall Street protests

[senseandsensibility]

In fact, it is anything but. I admire them for what they're doing, and have since the beginning. It used to irritate me when talking heads (or even some here on DU) would complain that they have no message. To me, the message is obvious.

However, I've come to think that they are missing a golden opportunity to come together and make a single demand. I think this should be their priority now.

My suggestion is that they should demand that Citizens United, or whatever that travesty of a Supreme Court decision is called, be overturned.

What do you think?

[smokey nj]

1. Here's a link to a thread with their proposed list of demands.

Feel free to add to it if you like.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2021343

[senseandsensibility]

2. Okay that is good.

I haven't seen that. For the general public's extremely short attention span, however, I'd still like to see a single demand.

[smokey nj]

3. I think what they have is very well thought out and completely on point.

[county worker]

5. For some reason I don't' think that is really the official list of demands.

I don't see it that way. I see people trying to hijack the movement for personal reasons.

[smokey nj]

6. It's from their website.

[county worker]

7. Check this out

http://occupytogether.org/

I stand by what I said for this reason. I heard some of them say why they are there and it is much more esoteric than a list of demands.

I think their movement is being co-opted

[county worker]

4. I think the movement is much bigger than a single issue.

These are young people who look into the future and with things the way they are all the can see for themselves is serfdom to the corporations and they don't like it.

Expecting a single outcome is like saying the point of a baseball season is to win a game.

[ChandlerJr]

8. Their single demand should be that the President fire

the Wall Streeters in his administration and on his board of economic advisers and push for and implement the necessary economic reforms. Barring that he needs to step down and be replaced by someone who will.

Wall Street will not reform itself, they have no incentive to do so. The problem is in DC and that is where the anger and protest needs to be directed. Is Obama even aware that #occupywallstreet exists? Has he even acknowledged their existence?

#OccupyWashington #TakeBacktheWhiteHouse.

[OKDem08]

9. The issues can not be condensed to a sound bite

nor should they conform to pressure to do that. They have regular general assemblies to determine a general consensus. Stay tuned.

[ixion]

10. I think we're past the point of pragmatic reductionism.

Does anyone really not know what the basic message is of this protest: that Wall Street is oozing corruption and criminality and its unrestrained political power -- in the form of crony capitalism and ownership of political institutions -- is destroying financial security for everyone else?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2021941