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thenewgreen  ·  4363 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Quinn Norton: A Eulogy for #Occupy

But it's a lesson that people have learned in the past, but we have forgotten it. The only way to really have a protest is with your pocketbook. When you stop spending money, people will listen. It's also important to have leadership, you can't have an empty flailing movement. Every circle needs a center, something that people know is the objective. Otherwise, nothing will get accomplished. If occupy Wall Street had been able to get every single person that had a bank account with one of the large banks, and were sympathetic to their cause to switch to a credit union, man oh man would it have shook things up. Then, they would've had a voice.