Comment by hombregato on 08/12/2024 at 01:00 UTC

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View submission: A United Healthcare CEO shooter lookalike competition takes place at Washington Square Park

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V for Vendetta, which then inspired the Occupy movement.

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Comment by kenseius at 08/12/2024 at 03:45 UTC

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Wealth inequality inspired the Occupy movement. V for Vendetta just had a conveniently thematically-similar visual motif that was simple enough to gain wide adoption.

Comment by EggFlipper95 at 08/12/2024 at 16:06 UTC

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Do you mean the fact that they wore the mask? Because V for vendetta didn't inspire that specifically in the occupy movement. This was 2011, and anonymous was still a prominent movement back then. Occupy adopted the guy fawks mask from anonymous, who adopted it from v for vendetta.