"You can view both the Tea Party and Occupy as affirmative answers to the question, 'Is there a power imbalance in our society?' when we consider business, government and populace. They agree that the populace has been disempowered and disorganized (the Tea Party was primarily a reaction against the power of government, Occupy as a reaction against the power of business). One could argue that the Tea Party moved too quickly to assert its relevance (and one could wonder about how being bankrolled forced this) and that the movement would have gained more traction if given more time to develop their own senses of power and to think about how to be political in ways other than voting. The time that Occupy is taking may allow them to learn not to ask from others what they can do themselves and to be more imaginative. There's a power in that."