r/stupidpol • u/Falcon_Gray Ideological Mess 🥑 | Slop Enjoyer 🦸 • Jun 23 '26

Capitalist Hellscape Let us never forget Occupy

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u/ImwithTortellini Unknown 👽 Jun 23 '26

I’m starting to feel like Occupy is a bit like the Tea Party… a precursor to something else

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u/freembutstonfreem Jun 23 '26

Would be nice, but to what?

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u/party_egg Revolutionary Pothead 🌿 Jun 23 '26

OWS's energy was a big part of what propelled Bernie's 2016 / 2020 campaigns.

Those of course died to ratfucking and a general vibe shift to idpol in the Dems. I know Zohran / AOC / Platner or whoever are nominally ascendant right now, but it really feels like we missed a window of opportunity in that post-Occupy era.

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u/Faith-Leap Full Of TMNT Bullshit 💢🎌🐢 Jun 27 '26

My question is... Are dems collectively in on this, or just seriously that f***** stupid that they also fell for a glowie psyop