During our class discussion on the Occupy Wallstreet Movement I was curious about how strong is the movement today? I know that the OWM started in the beginning of my first semester and I haven’t heard anything about it in a long time. So I did a little Google search to try and find some current news about the movement. Instead I found this blog that talked about the “five ways” the generation before mine ruined the occupy generation (also my generation). Talking about things like my generation was taught that you can’t survive without college, or how we stopped playing outside and just having fun. We’ve become this angry generation that feels like the whole world has under prepared us and now we have this whole financial situation to deal with.
So what’s our generation do? Create a massive movement in the hopes of some financial reprieve. Unfortunately our involvement has just created some confusing mess that for me has shown no results. I love that we have been able to show that we can gather together and work towards a greater purpose but nothing can be done if there isn’t a common cause. We all want different things, and to be honest some of them are so outlandish there is no way that they would ever happen. But there are causes that we could fight for if we unite and really work towards a uniformed and organized cause. My generation is faulty in that we want results and we want them now or we lose interest, something better happen and happen soon, or any attention for the OWM cause will be lost.
I agree that something needs to be done about everything going on in today's society especially from a fiscal standpoint, but is it going to be the Occupy Wallstreet Movement or will something more powerful and organized actually come along? For the meantime the OWM still has my attention and maybe some of the rest of my generation but if they don’t make a move soon, I can say I won’t be the only one moving on with the rest of my life.
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