freedombecki
Let's go swimmin'!
The Democrats do not want this since the protesters started shooting up drugs, sucking up each other, and pooping up squad cars.Magical thinking. The movement may have begun with disenfranchised young people who shared many of the same ideals as the "99 percent" or even the Tea Party. But it is being hijacked by the far left (Marxists, Anarchists, ACORN, Anonymous, etc) and can end only one of three ways. And two of them will be very ugly (Socialism, violence, or recovery)
It is most certainly not being hijacked by the "far left," which completely lacks the resources to do so, but there is definitely an attempt on by the Democratic Party and establishment liberal groups to hijack it. So far the movement is resisting that effort. We'll see if it succeeds down the road.
There is a possibility of violence emerging from this at some point, beyond the violence already exhibited by overzealous NYC police. Expect it to get much, much bigger over the coming years.
I doubt that full-fledged socialism is a likely outcome, but a move to the left on economic issues in national policy is definitely to be expected.