The Occupy Movement

The Occupy Movement is a world-wide protest (kind of) that started in New York City when the Canadian activist group, Adbusters, promoted a protest against Wall Street.

The idea originally sprang from the Arab Spring movement. The protests are about social and financial inequality, corporate greed and corporate influence. The slogan for the Occupy Movement is "We are the 99%," which refers to the difference between the 1% of wealthy Americans and the rest of the US population.

The Occupy Movement started in New York in September but has gone international. There are over 900 cities involved in the Occupy Movement and and the 99% now represents people around the world who struggle with social and financial inequality.

I am not 100% certain I agree with the protesters because I only researched the Occupy Movement 20 minutes ago. That being said, I do agree with what I have read so far about social and financial inequality and corporate greed. I think that the world we are living in is highly influenced by corporations that want our money. The advertising business has gotten sophisticated enough to trick us into thinking we want things we do not need, and so we spend our money. And guess where the money goes? To the 1% of people who do not need it.

Until I know more about the Occupy Movement I cannot say that I believe in it 100%. I am at about 80% right now.