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− | The Occupy Movement { grew _4 } suddenly and sustained longer than was first imagined. But now that the Occupy movement is { shutting _8 } down for the winter, what will it be remembered for? One of their main rallying cries is “we are the 99%”. It's a reference to this fact. Taking the entire { population _10 } of the U.S. you will find that merely 1% own nearly 50% of all our wealth and with wealth comes power and more wealth. In fact, you will { see _3 } that the wealthiest 1% of Americans over the last 40 years have grown increasingly wealthier and wealthier while the remaining 99% stay relatively { stagnant _8 }. And while the 1% have been { gaining | + | The Occupy Movement { grew _4 } suddenly and sustained longer than was first imagined. But now that the Occupy movement is { shutting _8 } down for the winter, what will it be remembered for? One of their main rallying cries is “we are the 99%”. It's a reference to this fact. Taking the entire { population _10 } of the U.S. you will find that merely 1% own nearly 50% of all our wealth and with wealth comes power and more wealth. In fact, you will { see _3 } that the wealthiest 1% of Americans over the last 40 years have grown increasingly wealthier and wealthier while the remaining 99% stay relatively { stagnant _8 }. And while the 1% have been { gaining _7 } more power, they haven’t always used it for { the _3 } good of society. Okay then, regardless if you see this as a problem or not, what { remains _7 } confusing for some people and plain frustrating to others is that nobody { knows _5 } what Occupiers really want. Even { the _3 } Occupiers themselves seem to have different reasons for occupying making people think that they're just being { immature _8 }. Movements should have a very clear goal, like “let's elect this president” or “let's create these new laws”. But the Occupy Movement is different. It { seems _5 } to be saying things like “let's pay attention to this issue”, “let's have a conversation”, “let's listen to each other, especially the marginalized and see { how _3 } we can agree”. It doesn’t have one charismatic leader but { is _2 } decentralized. It doesn’t have one plain agenda but thousands and thousands of voices connecting together. It is much like the difference between a { typical _7 } model of top-down power and the way the internet works. So it seems that Occupy Wall Street is an internet { era _3 } movement. You see, what most people don’t understand is that Occupy Wall Street is not acting like 20th century politics but instead, it seems to { be _2 } prototyping something new and we will { continue _8 } to see how it evolves. |
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Listening Exercise