The Occupy movement is positioned to bring together all of the efforts since 1776 to create a country that reflects its forebearer's dreams. Here's why:
1. Smaller equality movements (women, gays, etc.) are in mature stages. We've removed barriers to diverse groups working together, and have the successes that now free us to work together.
2. The 1% at the top is showing their cluelessness to wide audiences. Since they are acting typical of people on the top of a hierarchy, we can use our experience to topple economic inequality. 99% is a huge lower group.
3. We control information, as the internet flows freely through most of the 99%. Information is no longer filtered through the top.
4. Economic inequality has statistics that are easier to grasp than previous social inequality movements. Everybody can understand what it means when the top 1% possess more wealth than the entire bottom 90%. The 400 wealthy Americans have a greater combined net worth than the bottom 150 million Americans. In the Bush expansion from 2002 to 2007, 65% of economic gains went to the richest 1%.
5. We can use the common language of hierarchies and we can predict how the top will act.
Exciting times ahead.
