the reasons for and goals of the occupy wall street
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The reasons for and goals of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement.
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is a movement initiated by Canadian activist group Adbusters with its
populous protest which began in Zuccotti Park located in ew !ork City on September "#$ %&""'
Social and economic ineuality$ greed$ corruption and the undue inluence o corporations on
government are some key points that engendered the protest'
The reasons for and goals of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement would be analyzed
through the following vices:
"' Selfishness:*he use o public resources by the +S leadership and government corporations
or their individual gains angered the protesters who called themselves the ,,- to demonstrate
against the unairness imposed on them and demand or eual share o resources'
%' ec!lessness: *he inability o the +S government to provide relevant solutions to the raised
concerns o the OWS members at the earliest stage possible is a sign o carelessness or
recklessness which ueled critics and thereater spawned demonstration rom the people'
.' "ndifference: Occupy Wall Street members were bitterly unhappy being isolated and denied
their righteous obligations to seek or the euality o all citi/ens which is a silly leadership
strategy showing signs o oppression and e0ploitation and hence a reason or the protest'
1' #allousness:*he poor management and uneual distribution o economic resources to all
the citi/ens and institutions like schools and 2ealth Centers prevails la/y3mindedness and
negligence by the +S authority which sparked the gritty Occupy Wall Street demonstration'
Solutions proposed by OWS can be analyzed via the following virtues:$
"' %ecency:*he reactance and resentment o people at the Zuccotti Park was a eeling to
overcome those who dominate them and restrict their liberty' *he call to come together in
solidarity underlies virtues o patriotism and sel3sacriice or all which reuires everyone to get a
air treatment and deter selishness'
%' &agnanimity:*his relates to an outstanding move by the OWS members towards achieving
a stable society where 4ustice and the rights o every citi/en are respected and encourage
proportionality which is endorsed by everyone'
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.' %ignity:*he essence to live reely and e0ercise all duties as a citi/en is not by dream but
should be obvious or every citi/en' *he protestors reute selishness and obstruction o their
happiness by the +nited State political reigns as all have the right to contribute or the society'
1' Ob'ectivity: *he OWS movement needed valuable solutions and reasonable conclusions to
problems they viewed as vital or every society to live in peace and harmony without the rich
being 4udgmental against the poor
The roposed solutions to the OWS are based on the following conflict resolution
techniues:
"' *iberal to solve selishness5 *he +S government and corporate agencies should device
measures that conorm to the common goal o all the people rather than individualism to
achieve a sustainable$ peaceul society where everyone has an observable right'
%' Strictness as a means to solve or recklessness5 +S government should enactmechanisms
that entailresponsibilities o all the leaders in handling public tasks' *hose who do not meet or
violate their duties must be punished or the negligence'
.' +ridge building in solving indierence5 6or a peaceul co3e0istence$ the government should
stay closely and respond to the people as reuent as possible regardless o their living status to
create a standstill bound relationship and propose a peaceul solutions to their grievances'
1' Tabling all possibilities in order to resolve callousness5 *he +S leadership should be
transparent and impartial to their ollowers and be able to solve issues amicably without ignoring
them and improve the living conditions or all citi/ens'
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