Occupy Wallstreet

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The mass number of posters, signs, demands, pleas, anger, etc., that arose during Occupy Wallstreet on September 17th, 2011 revealed how this movement didn’t have a singular goal but rather was a multiplicity of diverse voices in the conversation. Zuccotti Park in New York, NY was the primary location where these voices rose up to counter economic inequality. The lack of a singular goal or a singular voice is what made this movement so democratic because of the diversity of voices and end goals. Although all were ultimately fighting to counter the economic inequality and oppression from the 1%, each person came to that space from a different background and for a different specific reason. Not only did this movement create a counterpublic against the economically dominant but also created a multiplicity of publics in this space where people were able to come together and interact while not being governed by one voice or one initiative.

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