OWS & Defining Success

Happy Birthday OWS Bat Signal « The Confluence: "...Occupy Wall Street was started by people who didn’t like the way things are going. Those of us who weren’t in the planning stages but don’t like the way things are going either don’t necessarily have to share the same socio political philosophy. When movements catch on, maybe it doesn’t matter how each unit of that movement does its business as long as they share a common morality. And that is Occupy Wall Street’s strength. It is at its core a moral movement. It is not a political one. That moral movement is about the vast majority wanting to correct the vast disperity of wealth that has developed in this country, to correct economic and social injustice,to uphold the dignity of working people, to re-establish a social safety net and economic system that works for everyone and to redefine the meaning of success. That last one is very important. The morality of success matters. Does success mean making money at all costs or does it mean achieving goals of a more personal nature? Right now, our morality is dictated by the marketplace and the people who run it. And this movement is about changing that morality. The way we go about changing that morality and withdrawing our support from a system that fails us is what Occupy Wall Street has yet to decide. So, calls for it to make demands are premature..."