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MADem

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12. I thought OWS was organic--how can anything be "official?"

Sat Jun 23, 2012, 03:31 PM

Jun 2012

That isn't snark, it is a serious query. There is no way to know what is OWS and what is a bunch of assholes spouting BS under an OWS banner. The thing that some factions call the greatest strength of OWS is, to my mind, also its greatest weakness. Anyone can pretend to be an "authority" if there are no authorities, or if everyone is one.

Even if a bunch of people get together and say "OK, this is the 'official' twitter/email or what-have-you," what happens when the group morphs and shifts and people leave and more people come? There is no chain of command.

I see it as an impediment to mass communications. Others mileage may and likely will vary.

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