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Cal Carpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 09:23 PM
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6. It varied throughout the day
Unlike Wall Street, there is no way to sleep there. There is a 24/7 presence at the main location (financial district) but you can't sit/sleep there anymore at all. So there were maybe a couple dozen over night, and then the numbers would grow throughout the day to 100-200. Last Friday they had over 300.

From what I understand the numbers have been growing steadily.

The 'organization' there, IMO, leaves a lot to be desired, but the spirit of the movement is there, people show up - for an hour on their lunch break or for 10 hours a day every day, whatever they can manage. They hold signs, march, and most importantly they talk to each other and to passers-by. There are a lot of different viewpoints there but a few things were consistent among almost everyone I talked to. Profit needs to be curbed, money needs to get out of politics, and the movement is not about partisan politics.
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