Wall Street Protests

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The message?

There are lots of specific things that people are angry about, which does lead to this 'no clear message' appearance.

Most of these specific complaints can be traced back to the way the political arm of government (as opposed to the administrative arm) is functioning (or disfunctioning) at present.

And this is traced back to one complaint that almost everyone at the Occupy movements seems to share. The super-rich have too much influence in politics - so much that they have essentially taken control and are running it for themselves. The majority of western governments, which are supposed to be various kinds of democratic republics, have been corrupted into plutocracies with regular show elections.

Most people accept that money will always bring influence, and that this cannot be eliminated entirely. However, it CAN be reduced, in some cases by a great deal. This, I think, is the core demand of the Occupy movement.


tl;dr version: Less plutocracy, more democracy.