Occupy Movement

Does anyone find the "Occupy" movement progressive or does one find that it is actually a waste of time?

The common accusation is that this movement is considered to be without an agenda and the "Occupy" movement protestors consider this as a legitmate protest for the very sake that the presence is being felt.

The unconventional nature of the protest meant that it is accused of being a nuisance of being around just for the sake of sake of being around. Common protest is expected to have an agenda, a cause so to speak. Therefore an "Occupy" movement smacks almost of a couch potato who really sits on the sofa and does nothing really. Conventional protest on their hand, requires to be militant- violent even. I mean if I am protesting something, I must really disliking or protesting against "something" right. If that thing is "something", I then must be the "other thing". Therefore, the "other thing" acts are always considered to be "heroic"- simply because he is fighting against "something". Hence it's violent and often antoganistic nature.

The Occupy movement on the other hand really just sits there. He is not protesting neither is he supporting- what it does is that he/she is reminding you that they are sitting there and you jolly well don't do anything stupid. But on the other hand, it does not want to be violent, the people does not want to be a hero hence the Occupy movement has been relatively peaceful and free of any violence. But in the larger scheme of things, it's very presence meant that it provided an antithetical approach to conventions. It's mere presence meant that you might be forgetting what what you are suppose to remember: hence it goes really beyond the master/slave or capitalist/proletariat dichotomy. The slave who protest either gets censured and the proletariat that revolutionizes gets a new master: themselves. But the "Occupy" doesn't say anything, it just stands there. He did not break any rules by standing there, but he also remind you what life is really about.

Hence although, conventionally I do not really support this movement but I do believe what is the spirit of which the movement is trying to achieve. The "Occupy" movement is getting alot of curious stares and weird comments. Does doing nothing really achieves something?

As a political movement and seen from a larger perspective, it does makes sense. But the world doesn't pay you for doing nothing, even being a hero gets status and admiration but no outward rewards perhaps. But the effect thus far is that it makes the world a better place without you realizing it and that achieves a dual outcomes 1) no violence 2) interests articulation: which ultimately is the aim for all protests and political movements isn't it.