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Originally Posted by Kevin Marx
The Tea Party is supposed to be comprised of persons interested in following the Constitution, limiting the federal government and reigning in excessive federal spending. It's strictly a US movement. Many people identify Tea Party as a racist group but realistically its far from that.
Occupy is people pissed off at bankers and money people. Many people identify Occupy as lazy hippies, although it's probably far from that as well.
There's really not a lot of connections between the two. Realistically, in the US, it would seem logical that the Occupy movement move on DC and protest against legislators rather than the money establishment. The Money is controlled by the legislators (probably the other way around is more likely though). They should be getting mad at the government for allowing the Money system to run amok IMO.
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I think the reason they are protesting the money sector, is because they are going right to the top of the food chain. Protesting the govt wouldn't get the same result, as it's the money that corrupts the govt not the govt corrupting the money.
It's also not just a US issue as it's a global issue.. Which is why the same protests have started in other countries and turned to a single movement in a sense, despite that they are probably not even connected other than by using occupy names.
Personally I think OWS is still far to unrealistic with many of their demands for me to really support them. I agree with their basic message, but much of the other stuff is not realistic. They need to simply focus on the issues of money in politics and favoritism by the govt to the wealthy/big business and quit with the eat the rich stupidity.
There is nothing wrong with being rich or building a business empire. However the playing field simply needs to be leveled.