Introduction

Abstract

During its heyday, the Occupy Movement in the United States fingered 1% of Wall Street criminals and decried the situation of 99%. The statistic 99% is not just arbitrary figuration, although I would reduce it to 90% as at least 9% are very privileged and faithful lackeys of the 1%. The sad truth is that 90% of the American public is disadvantaged by the trends in the United States economy, polity, and society. Yet, we can expect that many of the 90% are not, in the short run, going to be massively mobilized on the streets by a resurgence of the movement, which is now a great diversity of militant groupings. In part, this is because there are many among the 90% who have had their minds so shrink wrapped by the ruling ideology that they rise in militant defense of what is. This was evident in the enthusiasm expressed by large rally crowds and voters for Donald Trump in 2015–2016. Still, in the medium and long run, with growing mobilizations, active subjects will achieve greater and greater gains.