Occupying Wall Street as a Moral Act

Writer George Lakoff comments aptly about the true force behind the Occupy Wall Street movement. It is a moral force more than a political one, says Lakoff. He is surely correct. His comment below epitimizes his view.

It seems to me that the OWS movement is moral in nature, that occupiers want the country to change its moral focus. It is easy to find useful policies; hundreds have been suggested. It is harder to find a moral focus and stick to it. If the movement is to frame itself, it should be on the basis of its moral focus, not a particular agenda or list of policy demands. If the moral focus of America changes, new people will be elected and the policies will follow. Without a change of moral focus, the conservative worldview that has brought us to the present disastrous and dangerous moment will continue to prevail.