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[META] Can we please actually try to answer questions and not reinforce misconceptions?

Hey ELI5,

Now I took time to answer a question about ELI5 Occupy movement. I'm not trying to pretend my answer was the best of the bunch, but I was surprised that I was downvoted while the best answer was the typical it-was-a-hippy-movement-dude. Could we at least answer something and not just resort to over-simplified answers with resonates with stereotypes. I expected at least to find the best answer to be critique of mine while actually bettering it. These answers don't help anyone. At least have a factual answer and not an opinionated one.
gpt
>At least have a factual answer and not an opinionated one.

History is all about interpretation. There is no one answer, as everyone has a different perspective. In this circumstance, someone who was not affiliated with the movement can still be equally (and quite possibly more) knowledgeable about it than someone who was camping out.

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Also, OWS was not a huge success because there was no organization, no collective message. It was a lot of pointing fingers, a lot of "this is bad, that is bad," and a lot of victimization-- but not a lot of "we can fix this."