Has it really been four years?

[Joe Shlabotnik]

2. Seems like yesterday.

Occupy was the reason I stopped lurking at DU2 and joined. And this forum had some great posters, Fire Walk With Me, and Limpy Hobbler come to mind, both of whom I miss. (anyone know what became of Limpy?)

But yes, it was a great time, and personally I learned a lot about myself; I realized that I was far, far further left than I even imagined. And my faith in humanity spiked when I saw the millennials getting engaged and mobilized, and also embracing the older generations of activists. Up until that point I thought the Battle of Seattle was the last and greatest thing of my X generation, and I was greatly heartened to see the Quebec student uprising in 2012.

Still I believe that we changed the dialog, and it has stuck. The concept of "99%" worked, as it is accepted everywhere now. One could argue that the fact that Bernie Sanders is a force also a result of the dialogs that we shared. The network of activists fighting pipelines and fracking, everyone from First Nations to cowboys working together gained a lot of momentum from Occupy too.

But still though; its not enough.