COMMENTARY | The Occupy LA encampment is preparing to face an eviction notice one minute after midnight Monday. While some are sure to pack up and move on, many others are preparing to resist that planned eviction. With the Occupy Movement winding down, it appears that this will be the movement’s last stand.
Occupy LA started like other parts of the movement across the U.S. It was a movement that had lofty goals of changing the way corporations work in America, without any plan on how this would be achieved. As the weeks wore on, tensions grew between police and protestors. The result has been bloody battles all over the country. Now that the Occupy Movement has been pushed against a wall, this last stand poses to be the most destructive yet.
In all honesty, the movement has failed miserably. While all of the numbers have not been crunched for Black Friday, we all realize consumerism is alive and well in the U.S. As Police prepare to clash with the crowds in Los Angeles, men and women will be signing online to find the best Cyber Monday deals. People will shell out record amounts of money and corporations will grow stronger.
Occupy LA is sure to fight like an animal facing the last moments of life during the eviction. We will see stories of protestors arrested and pepper sprayed and we will go on with our lives. We will think more about what deals we can find at the next store and not about how corporations hold the power. In a year, few will remember the Occupy Movement outside of jokes. It is ironic, and fitting, how the movement to make people aware about corporate greed would die as the biggest shopping month of the year gets going.
What have we learned throughout this entire fiasco of the Freedom of Speech? Hopefully, everyone finally learned that having an idea that flows against the norm is good but you need a plan to achieve it. If a politician does not have a plan to reduce the budget, the plan (as we have seen) will fail. If a business opens without a strong plan, it will fail. Planning is everything no matter if you are talking about politics, a business, a party or the Occupy Movement. The Occupy LA eviction is the last stand for the movement.
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