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I seriously hope you're not referring to the Occupy Wall Street and the Fed movements. I've been following them and they have real demands and a purpose. The mainstream media might look for the dummies to interview to hurt the credibility, but I can tell you from first hand experience(I've been there to a few protests now) that the movement is not unorganized.
The Fed movement is just starting to take off and regardless of your opinion, the group has a set goal and focused.
Lastly, your articulation point is a fallacy. Obama has to be one of the best public speakers of all time. That doesn't mean he is right on everything because he speaks good in front of a teleprompter. The passion of the movement is just as important.
The status quo doesn't work anymore. The country needs a new direction. The Fed has failed to do their job so we want them removed. Considering the track record, I'm a bit surprised you aren't with me. I realize we need a system to help monitor monetary systems, but we need to unshackle the corruption first. A new org is the best way to overcome the old guard.
I absolutely am. They have many goals and or purposes. Too many to be effective, in fact. Cutting down the bad ideas and letting the useful ideas grow is valuable for the movement. Articulation _is_ important. Obama didn't become president because he had a feeling in his heart.
Setting fire to working systems on a mad witch-hunt to stem the tide of corruption leaves a charred and barren land. You seem to think that by striking madly out at every wan ghost, shifting shadow or rustling in the bush you can eradicate the problem. This is foolish. You must find the source, the tainted well from which it springs. To do so, you must know why.
Trace the lines to their beginning, see the true nature of the problem.
Don't be so shortsighted to say, "Ah, but the Fed has failed us, we must rid ourselves of it." Changing the people or the entity will only postpone further failures, and the problem will only be more deeply embedded. Are they not driven by the same desires as those in the present? Instead ask "Why and how has the Fed failed us, what forces acted upon it?"
Corruption is like a tree, its roots lie in the darkness whilst its leaves wave in the sun and to those who suspect nought it has an attractive and pleasing appearance. Truly, you can prune away its branches, or even cut the tree to the ground, but it will grow up again ever the stronger and ever more comely. Yet all awhile the root grows thick and black, gnawing at the bitter soil, drawing its nourishment from the darkness, and growing even greater and more deeply entrenched.
If you want some of the more obvious reasons why; Campaigns are not financed in ways that preserve the common good. Elections have been set up with interesting mechanics that favor certain groups. Regulatory policy is both a symptom and and a source. The Journalism industry is financed in ways that create a conflict of interests. There are many others, mostly caused by either information asymmetry, other flavors of principal-agent problems, and systemic incentives that no longer correctly carry out their purpose.