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Dare they venture into unregulated capitalism? Or are they already there? In any case it looks like OWS is finally headed in the right direction. What took so long? My support... you have it!
The Selling of Zuccotti Park - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine
(Pictured, Official OWS Bling)
The Selling of Zuccotti Park - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine
The most shocking thing I saw at Zuccotti Park during my weekend visit was that it is teeming with very thing that protesters hate: markets and commerce. All around the tiny tent city, vendors have sprung up, like mushrooms in warm compost, selling all kinds of Occupy Wall Street paraphernalia buttons, pins, souvenirs. (Incidentally, there were more tourists than protesters at the park.) I actually witnessed greenbacks changing hands several times:
(Pictured, Official OWS Bling)
Indeed, nothing co-opts a movement faster than entrepreneurs com-modifying it to turn a quick buck