Occupy What?

The other day is class when we were talking about how to make changes in order to resolve all the problems and inequalities and privledges and we agreed that protesting in a pretty efficient way to do this.protesting at UB would get a lot more done than protesting in the United States. I feel like UB is a proactive, openminded community that actually listens to what the students have to say. The whole United States, however is not proactive at all and has been stuck in its ways for years. So for something like Occupy Wallstreet to try to change something so deeply rooted in our society, they had their work cut out for them. I actually appreciate what Occupy Wallstreet is doing, as they are making a lot of people aware of what is going on in our country, but the bottom line is that nothing is changing as a result of it. This is why I have little faith in protesting. Even if the protesters are peaceful, you will still get arrested and your ideas will be shot down. Nothing has become of Occupy Wallstreet after months of intense media attention and hundreds of arrests. It just makes me think, "Will anything ever change?"