Occupy Movement Is a Thing Research Paper

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The conversations here are held away from the political interferences and entanglement that is usually seen in the other forums.

Points in opposition of the movement

The Platypus Affiliated Society (2011)

According to The Platypus Affiliated Society (2011), the participants in this movement have succeeded in arranging for the smaller supportive issue like the accommodation, venues, transport communication and such like smaller issues, but the bigger dilemma remains to be the meeting of the long-term goals that they may be having. One issue that is overlooked is the means of debating their concerns out in a structured manner that can be subjected to debate for administrative decisions to be taken.

The participants and the organizers in particular have not been able to think of how this movement can affect the society further than just the space that they occupy.

Heidi Morrison (2011)

Another factor is that they are involved in championing for too many agenda till one is tempted to think their concerns are not genuine. Heidi Morrison (2011) notes that there is apparent lack of focus in the group since they cover from foreclosures to police brutality, from student loans to war, a thing that makes a significant number of people remain lukewarm about their honesty.
Indeed this lack of focus made some protester call for a moment of silence in "solidarity" with the criminal who fired shots at the Whitehouse and was charged with attempted assassination of the president. To the best of the knowledge of many, this is a criminal act and should be treated as such, hence mixing this with the protest makes the movement lose the genuineness that may be behind it (Chris Selley, 2011).

However, it is worth noting that the vast number of issue that the movement tends to cover, could have been the reason why they have gained so much popularity around the world since many will find at least one issue that they can identify with in the list that the movement has, hence some analysts have argued that the diversity in issues has been the strength of the movement as well on a global scale......

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