With evolving past the point of multi-celled animal seemingly off the table, the only path forward is that of the amoeba, replication. Indeed that’s what they’re hoping for right now. WE ARE THE 99% isn’t just a motto it’s a goal. The idea seems to be if we become a really, really big amoeba we can eat up everything else. Think of it as creeping socialism by way of The Blob or maybe a red tide.
But I don’t think conquest via replication will work. The total number of occupiers is probably under 100k and that number will drop significantly this winter. Even if they maintain, we’re talking about 0.03% of the population. While their poll numbers may be up at present, that will change over time. Already reports of crime and violence are starting to break into the national media, threatening their public image. These problems will necessarily increase (or decrease) in proportion to the size of the movement.
If OWS wants to be more than an amoeba in the body politic, independent and largely unnoticed, it’s going to have to evolve. Specifically, OWS needs to specialize enough to grow a brain, i.e. some leadership capable of forming a message that can be communicated to the rest of society.
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