Occupy This Question: What’s Changed in 4 Years? | Mickey Z.

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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust

Sept. 23, 2015

I was training a client on the morning of Sept. 18 when she mentioned she saw something about Occupy Wall Street on the news the night before.

"Yeah, yesterday was the fourth anniversary," I explained.

"It looked quiet," she said. "Did you go?"

I shook my head "no."

She did another set of exercises and then asked: "So, what's changed in four years?"

After a long, deep sigh, I replied: "That's a really depressing question."

Choosing not to fall back on privileged platitudes (“Occupy changed the conversation,” etc.), I instead made a sarcastic crack about how so many occupiers are now actively campaigning for a Democratic presidential candidate… and moved on with my client’s workout.

When I got home, I pondered her question more. I contemplated how swiftly and easily the movement was co-opted and how intensely a few diehards were punished. I even looked back at some of the thousands of photos I took during the first year and saw a sea of mostly white faces. I scolded myself for believing this was a revolution.

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