All solid points but I think you missed the big one:
The one and only reason this OWS movement is coming to a close is the powers that be were done field testing their strategies and tactics for the upcoming 2012 elections
This was only a test...beep, beep, beep
What worked, what didn’t, who was supportive, who was against it,what social networks cooperated or had issues, how forceful was the response by local authorities, etc, etc.
All this information and Intel will be used in 2012
What worked, what didn’t, who was supportive, who was against it,what social networks cooperated or had issues, how forceful was the response by local authorities, etc, etc.
I said the very same thing 2 months ago when this all started.
Though I am a bit surprised by how many mayors went along with this drill.
I agree.
This was a "Dry Run" to prep for the real anarchy next summer.
The money men behind this "movement" verified their assumptions and fine tuned their template. They know that with a few paid agitators and organizers they can pull in enough useful idiots to create a critical mass. They know they can set the agenda and herd the useful idiots wherever they want.
They will reappear when the republican campaign season kicks off in ernest.
Tampa, Florida will rue the day they agreed to host the Republican convention. The downtown area is relatively small; the organized anarchists will easily over-run it and trash the city.
No elections durring a mass insurrection. Hmmmmmm.
I think this was supposed to build and build up through the elections. I believe it was intended to exactly parallel historic socialist takeovers in other parts of the world.
Cell phone video, which denied the left the ability to define a narrative blaming violence and unrest on the right stopped longstanding plans cold.