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So.... we're just now rediscovering Social Darwinism in 2011?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism This is what The Enlightenment was about: the idea that people were better than animals. The whole reason we have regulation at all is that without it, we end up with feudalism. This is common knowledge. When people rehash this stuff as if it's somehow novel, it demeans the entire movement.
One reason that I find Occupy Wallstreet so promising is that it has become a platform for addressing many of the major issues which have been relegated to the political back burner for so long. The lack of a "central message" has let it function as a mercurial vessel through which issues like this can become a priority, if only for a moment, rather than a background concern. It is a conduit of infinite bandwidth.
This is why I feel that comparisons to the Tea Party are unjustified. The Tea Party has a direct message while Occupy Wallstreet has a broad and malleable theme. The state of things today no longer call for single-issue protest groups but rather an approach which examines the big picture all at once. Our problems are multidimensional and therefor our solutions should be, too.