The Occupy Movement will have far more influence untethered to a political party. If the Occupy Movement were to formalize itself as a Progressive Tea Party it would set itself up to be co-opted by interests that will redirect the movement in a way that satisfies its own needs at the expense of the movement. Likewise, glomming onto the Democratic Party will help the Democrats seem Progressive, but with recent history as our guide, the Democratic Party is Corporatist for the most part with a translucent film of faux Progressivism draped over it. I would hate to see the Democratic Party as currently constituted be able to use the Occupy Movement to cynically improve its Progressive image.
The Occupy Movement is extremely successful thus far and shouldn't try to "legitimize" itself by tacking to the mainstream, established political dynamic. Also, this ... "what will Occupy do next?", "is Occupy fading?", "is there an Occupy resurgence coming?", "Has Occupy lost its mojo?" ... nonsense needs to be flushed. We live in a Minute Rice Society where citizens have no patience for delayed gratification. Victory for the Occupy Movement would be it continuing to do good works, and influence the political dynamic for the benefit of the People for 5, 10, 20, 50 years into the future as a force that can't be ignored.
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