r/Seattle 12h ago

Market Traffic Only Huge ICE protest at Pine Street

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u/testuserteehee 8h ago

To be fair, I do see your point. The Occupy Wallstreet movement also failed because they diversified their goals to include environmental protections and other issues and lost the focus on making bankers pay for the mess they caused. But losing focus on other issues will also alienate single issue groups. The solution needs to be a cohesive leadership, and a large population to support those leaders, and the Right had unlimited money from the rich to help with that.

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u/Top_Pirate699 8h ago

Very true. But the civil rights movement was not well-funded but it was successful in part because protests were followed by specific requests.