R.M. at DiA is unimpressed by the Wall Street occupiers:
Many of these aggrieved youth believe that the government has become unresponsive, that their voices have been silenced, and therefore protest is the only option. But this strikes me as a fundamental misreading of the past three years. It is likely that few of the protesters have actually taken part in the more mundane aspects of the system they'd like to take down—for example, only 24% of 18- to 29-year-olds voted in the 2010 mid-term elections. And while they were quietly seething, the tea-party movement was showing America what democracy actually looks like, pushing their candidates forward and holding them accountable. When liberals complain that the Republicans are beholden to the tea-party movement, is that not an admission that the system is responsive?
This ruffles ED Kain's feathers. Matt Steinglass recalls that the beginnings of the Tea Party. And Felix Salmon recommends Ezra's Klein's understanding of the protesters.
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