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What happened to the 99%?

From Zuccotti Park N.Y.C.2010 to the rest of the world almost instantaneously, OWS Movement spread like wildfire. Now in late 2012 the marginalization by the 1% and their "Power networks" over the 99% has won!

Will the people who believe in the ideals of the OWS movement always fail against a stronger, better financed and organized minority of the Political and financial "Elites" around the world? If not, why? when? or how?

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    Oct 27 2012: Come on guys...oil slides of oil and oil will always ask why...we are all the same, with all the same characteristics and similar to snow flakes we are all slightly different and these differences measure themselves and form groups for support. Then we all start pointing fingers, saying things like, they are worse than me, they need more, they need less and all calculations are measured around the speaker and we are told not to point fingers and thousands of years later we are still arguing (that is held in place by denial).

    So on the scale of greed running from 0 to infinity we all stand at our locations, all saying those behind need more, those ahead need less and if I could just get a little more life would be great...so wisdom told us we are all the same (the pie of one)...unfortunately we see things differently (we cut the pie up and average)...why listen to wisdom, better to deny and argue simple things...
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      Oct 27 2012: No argument from me, i tend to largely agree, i'm no desperado that's for sure!

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