‘We Are the 99 Percent’ Joins the Cultural and Political Lexicon – NYTimes.com

1 Dec

Whatever the long-term effects of the Occupy movement, protesters have succeeded in implanting “We are the 99 percent,” referring to the vast majority of Americans (and its implied opposite, “You are the one percent” referring to the tiny proportion of Americans with a vastly disproportionate share of wealth), into the cultural and political lexicon.

via ‘We Are the 99 Percent’ Joins the Cultural and Political Lexicon – NYTimes.com.

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