# The Occupy Movement - could someone explain?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 22, 2013, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occupy-movement-could-someone-explain/671915 "2013-10-22T09:36:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occupy-movement-could-someone-explain/671915/101 "2013-10-26T20:20:59Z")

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> [@sylmar](#):
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> Acts of violence were not really on most OWS encampments agenda.
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> I’m sure if it had been embraced, there most definitely would have been something accomplished, but an “accomplishment” of hard prison time probably wasn’t a goal of most participants.

There’s your problem right there. The only revolutionaries who get anything done are those who are willing to risk prison, or worse.

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**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occupy-movement-could-someone-explain/671915/102 "2013-10-27T01:01:25Z")

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Definitely comparing apples and oranges when you try and compare OWS and the [Tea Party](http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/10/26/what_to_learn_about_the_tea_party_from_freedomworks_s_tax_forms.html)

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**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occupy-movement-could-someone-explain/671915/103 "2013-10-27T01:04:12Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> There’s your problem right there. The only revolutionaries who get anything done are those who are willing to risk prison, or worse.

Could be, but my impression was most people there had ideas for improving the system so it worked better for everyone, not blowing it up so it worked for no one.

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