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Occupy is not the reason why Trump won

Trump is a symptom of a reactionary response triggered when the problems requiring systemic transformation are blamed solely on the political establishment.

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More than 100 activists gathered outside the office of North Carolina Senator T. Tillis to protest President Trump's right wing picks for his cabinet, January 24,2017.Brian Cahn Zuma/ Press Association. All rights reserved.

Donald Trump is settling into the White House in Washington amidst huge protests from just about every major social group represented in American society. Many of the same people who occupied the central plazas of cities across the United States in 2011 as part of the Occupy movement, went out onto the streets again to object to the plans and the “style of power” of the new President.