With the Occupy Wall Street movement in its third week, the movement is finally growing and gaining the media attention that such a movement deserves. Thinking about the events of the past few weeks one must wonder, is it going to be enough? Occupy has been proud of the fact that there are no leaders, lending to media criticism about a lack of stated goals. Why we all know what the uprising is about, what exactly do we expect to be the outcome? Yes I realize that change is what is needed, but are these protests going to accomplish any change without a specifically stated list of demands?
Every great movement has a leader who points the people in the right direction. Its great to see a form of democracy being practiced amongst the participants that allows for a general consensus, with everyone being able to speak his/her mind. Does this movement need a leader? Not someone to tell people what to do and order them around, but someone for the people to get behind, a person to provide the spark that ignites the change. Bringing attention by camping out for a couple months, banging drums, chanting and marching, do us no good if the fire slowly fades and people go back to their everyday lives. It is time for leadership to emerge. We are at a stage in our country where we need to stop asking for change and start demanding it. Who will step forth and lead us in our time of need? It’s certainly not our president or congress.
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