[joshuamcginnis]

> In short, occupywallst.org is a living archive and occasional update point for a landmark left-wing protest movement that put economic inequality and corporate power at the center of national conversation starting in 2011.

Is this true?

[bfung]

Dunno about the website or corp, but the occupy wall st movement was/is true. Happened right after 2008 stock market crash and people camped out on Wall Street in protest of bailing out the banks.

[irishcoffee]

One can make the argument that trump was elected because of OWS knock-on effects...

[GorbachevyChase]

I would make the correction that the protest movement was not left wing. I think he’s trying to take credit for his favorite team. TARP was opposed by 80% of Americans. It passed legislation anyway. I think there’s a good lesson to be learned in how performative and inconsequential the electoral process is.

[barbazoo]

Carried over to Europe too, I remember the camps and protests in many cities' financial districts.