re: #103 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

If OWS 2.0 is anything like 1.0, then it’s likely to end much the same. There is a very real need for the organization of something resembling a unified movement, with some form of leadership.

The movement will be unified by cause, not by leadership. You and I may prefer leadership for the thing to be coherent and having a positive political effect, but that does not make it needed. That need is ideal, not real. If the real social issues underlying OWS are getting worse, then that will sustain OWS. In fact, it will make it stronger and more vicious. Leaders and organizers will provide occasion, not cause.

I kind of fear a German Autumn.