I guess something that just became apparent to me was the utter irrelevance of OWS in the last year. They have virtually disappeared. my college students draw a blank when I refer to OWS.
All OWS “achieved” was left behind as trash piles of placards. They were appealing to the passing fancy of any class envy they could engender but that approach is like a prairie river, a mile wide but an inch deep. The Hunger Games series appeals to deeper human desires for personal freedom, unfettered enterprise, and pursuit of that which matches our own core values.