http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/measuring-occupy-wall-strreet-impact
"While critics of Occupy took issue with it at the time for its lack
of specific demands, a clear organizational structure or strategies for
next steps, it has come to resonate politically, said Heather Gautney, a
sociology professor at Fordham University.
She pointed to Sanders' campaign, saying Occupy's injection of income
inequality into the discourse paved the way for the Vermont senator's
calls to get money out of politics, rein in Wall Street banks and
provide free public college education.
Nicholas Kiersey, a political science professor at Ohio University,
said Trump's political presence is part of Occupy's impact, as well.
'If Bernie Sanders represented a left-wing popular suspicion that had
felt all of a sudden very legitimate in expressing its grievances,
Trump, I think, represents the mirror of that from the right,' he said. 'They both, in a sense, have ridden the momentum of popular
dissatisfaction.'"
The concentration on the 1% vs. the 99% came from Occupy Wall Street. that is built into our political discussion now.
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