The information presented in these articles is of great concern to our society, and are representative of many of the social structures that our generation has come to loathe. It is unfortunate to see the growing influence of the rich in the politics of this country, and how money is in fact a more powerful force than the government in charge of representing the will of the people. The idea that the development of public spaces, whose very name is indicative of it role as a physical extensions of the people’s common will, is to be controlled by those with the wealth for development seems to be a corruption of the very concept. How to combat this development is another question, as we are witness to the very short-lived effects of the Occupy movement, although the powerful language displayed in the reading “Chapter 7, “#OWS: The Party of Wall Street Meets its Nemesis” serves as a representation of the impassioned frustration we are beginning to see as a result of these negative shifts. What we haven’t seen is concrete steps taken in order to reverse these steps. There need to be systems put in place in order to separate purchasing power from political and social influence.