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(via Aaron Leaf) Confused person @... The Origins of Occupy Wall Street Explained. © Reuters/Brendan McDermid In July Adbusters, a Vancouver-based publication known for its incisive critiques of capitalism, included a poster in that month's magazine that read simply: #OCCUPYWALLSTREET September 17th.

The Origins of Occupy Wall Street Explained

Occupy Protests Live Blog. America's growing anti-intellectualism. Story highlights The first high-profile article to offer a sensible explanation of Occupy Wall Street came from anthropologist David Graeber, author of the recently-published book, Debt: The First 5,000 Years.

America's growing anti-intellectualism

In his op-ed, "Occupy Wall Street rediscovers the radical imagination", he wrote: Actually, Graeber is understating the case, in at least two ways. First, the lies have been with us far longer than just a single decade.