[denydenydeny]

They disappeared because THEY WERE NOTHING BUT ASTROTURF ALL ALONG. When the Democrat/media complex realized that the general sociopathy exhibited at Occupy camps was hurting more than helping, they began ignoring the Occupiers.

The whole movement was based (as with all things leftist) on emotion rather than intellect, so it crumbled rather easily.

[kearnyirish2]

“They disappeared because THEY WERE NOTHING BUT ASTROTURF ALL ALONG. When the Democrat/media complex realized that the general sociopathy exhibited at Occupy camps was hurting more than helping, they began ignoring the Occupiers. The whole movement was based (as with all things leftist) on emotion rather than intellect, so it crumbled rather easily.”

Living a dozen miles to the west, and knowing a couple of people working in the financial sector at the time, I must say that the original Occupy Wall Street was misunderstood all around. At first it was a group of laid-off white workers (probably left of center, due to the area) who had watched their jobs go overseas; it was taken over by leftist whackos of every stripe, and was relegated to pure theater. I remember when they used to get news coverage, and I remember when it stopped: Live interviews started showing “normal” people ranting against Obama. After that, the plug was pulled by the mainstream media.

As for where they are now, I’m sure many of them have joined the white exodus out of the NYC area - there isn’t much future here for people looking for decent-paying work.

[wideawake]

Thank you. It is well known that the "media tent" in the middle of Zucotti Park - the one with the power generator guarded by armed security that was off limits to the other protesters - was a headquarters funded and staffed by SEIU and UNITE-HERE union thugs.

All donations were routed to accounts held in a bank they own.

[RipSawyer]

It was amazing that some very conservative people seemed to think the occupy bunch were something like the Tea Party. The two resemble each other about as much as the ants at a picnic resemble the people who baked the cake the ants are eating.

[MoochPooch]

The whole movement was based (as with all things leftist) on emotion rather than intellect, so it crumbled rather easily.

It was also based on the weird but prevalent assumption that possession of a laptop + Facebook page = power. It was a "revolution" based on fluff. There was nothing substantive, as far as practical action was concerned. Just "getting together" was enough.

OWS was essentially a glorified flash mob.