I remember, quite fondly, actually, the derision towards the Occupy movement. "Occupy a job" was a common dig along with predictions that the movement would never amount to anything.
Yet this story from the front page of newspaper illustrates several things. First, the Occupy movement has amounted to something: helping the homeless have a place to live. And they are doing it through a nonprofit umbrella which means donations, not government help.
Second, they are continuing their mission to reduce inequality by building these homes. That's something Jesus would be proud of, right? That whole helping the poor thing...mentioned more times than anything else in the Bible.
Third, they are doing it in Wisconsin, right in the back yard of Scott Walker. He has stated repeatedly that his policies will help middle class and poor families by freeing up the private sector. Where are their 98 foot houses for the homeless? Where is the Tea Party version of this?
If this is the future of the Occupy movement, I say, "Well done, folks!"
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Well other than being ran by occupy people they don't seem to be operating under the precepts of what occupy stood for.
People tend to view Madison’s village either as a ghetto or a utopia, Wallbaum said. The reality is messier.
In theory, stewards can stay forever, but one of the first to move into a tiny house — a man involved with the group for many months — is gone. After he kept “drinking and getting out of control,” as another steward put it, the board asked him to leave.
It took some 50 hours of discussion to settle on that “very difficult decision,” Wallbaum said. True to its Occupy roots, the group celebrates consensus and stewards joke about meetings that span days. “We are also a group that raged against all kinds of other organizations that ban people and throw people out,” he said. The conflict left the group exhausted.
Of course someone viewed this as a very utopian solution.
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