Activism (1 of 2): Now.

What really gets me about Occupy is that there is a ton of incredible leftwing activism going on right now.

The Obama campaign had *amazing* community-organizing that turned Indiana blue, and the same thing will be happening in Arizona, I hear.

In the Midwest, as well, there's been a ton of great union organizing in Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

A friend in psychology was saying that there's scholarly literature that divides groups into goal-focused and process-focused, over a spectrum, where the 1st focus on results, the 2nd on consensus-building, honoring everyone's voice, etc.

I think the trouble with Occupy is that it's the 2nd, but it also thinks it's the 1st.