Youth in revolt...finally

Last week, I wrote an article proclaiming that the younger generation is not doing anything in the realm of politics and not bothering to change the world. I am pleased to see that the youth of this country proved me wrong and right after I submitted the article to the paper, a movement started.

This movement called Occupy Wall Street is the very thing that needed to happen to restore the power to the people of this nation. I am in complete support of this movement that is sweeping the nation. I am hoping that this continues to grow and not fall to the common pitfalls of past movements.

The Occupy Wall Street movement started on Wall Street back on Sept. 17, 2011 as a simple protest with no real media attention, but know it has spread faster than a plague across this country and gets stronger every day. It feels amazing turning on the TV or getting online and seeing more news on this occupation and seeing people taking to the streets to protest for their rights.

What most people don't know is that a movement like this is needed for America and shows the government that the people of this country are not going to take this repression anymore.

We have been losing our civil liberties and voices in decisions in this country because we have yet to organize as a solitary movement to show the "real" owners of this country what we really want.

Who are these owners you might ask? It's the rich, of course. Not the people who make over $200,000 a year, not even the millionaires—no, I am talking the RICH. The top 1 percent of this nation, who make billions a year, receive all the tax breaks and get millions in their paychecks. The rich have always been in the world ever since the concept of something being traded for something else, but they all had one major thing in common: they feared the poor.

They might not have always showed it, but they feared the masses, because they knew if they pushed the poor too far, the poor would revolt and have their heads on a pike.

This generation of rich people is different, though. They do not fear the poor/lower classes as much as they should have, and to give them credit, the previous generations did a great job of making us more docile. This lack of care from the general populace boosted their confidence, made them believe that the common man didn't care about the state of this country and began to do what they wanted.

This movement, however, can really change, bring the fear back into the rich and restore the balance between the classes.

Hopefully, the people of this movement will do what they need to do to make this movement matter and cause change. The first thing I think they should do is officially organize a political group with an actual leader or spokesmen to make demands and make their goals known.

Next, the people need to take more proactive action and stage more demonstrations to further their own agenda, other than just chanting vague slogans while obstructing day to day operations of the rich.

If Occupy Wall Street protesters are able to organize correctly, get their agenda into order and manage to stay there for a few more weeks, they could even form a political movement and not just a protesting movement.

Here's hoping for the "Occupying Party," a political party for the everyman.