Camps Are Cleared, but ‘99 Percent’ Still Occupies the Lexicon

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Most of the biggest Occupy Wall Street camps are gone. But their slogan still stands.

Whatever the long-term effects of the Occupy movement, protesters have succeeded in implanting “We are the 99 percent,” referring to the vast majority of Americans (and its implied opposite, “You are the one percent” referring to the tiny proportion of Americans with a vastly disproportionate share of wealth), into the cultural and political lexicon.

First chanted and blogged about in mid-September in New York, the slogan become a national shorthand for the income disparity. Easily grasped in its simplicity and Twitter-friendly in its brevity, the slogan has practically dared listeners to pick a side.

“We are getting nothing,” read the Tumblr blog “We Are the 99 Percent” that helped popularize the percentages, “while the other one percent is getting everything.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/us/we-are-the-99-percent-joins-the-cultural-and-political-lexicon.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha3

[onehandle]

1. 99% is a better message. Occupy was the fuse, 99% should now be the movement. nt

[lbrtbell]

2. So that's it?

The Occupiers aren't bothering to come back? Aren't they regrouping in some way, or is this more corporate MSM bullshit?