I think that politics can be summed up in two statements:

1) Given an honest count, politicians will follow the will of the voters.

2) In the absence of voters, politicians will follow the will of their monetary donors.

The #OCCUPY movement has changed our national political conversation, and raised public awareness of economic injustice and financial/political corruption. These are significant political successes.

But the #OCCUPY movement has failed in one very important place: It has not succeeded in Occupying the Ballot. Continue reading →