Occupy Wall Street: Where Everybody Has A Say In Everything : Planet Money The Occupy Wall Street protesters have a nightly meeting in lower Manhattan. I visited earlier this week. Here's what I heard.

Occupy Wall Street: Where Everybody Has A Say In Everything

Occupy Wall Street: Where Everybody Has A Say In Everything

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An "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrator at Zuccotti Park
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At Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, where hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters are camped out, there's a big meeting every night at 7:00.

The protesters call it the General Assembly, and it's a meeting where every single person has a say in every single decision that gets made. For the protesters, this is a model society.

It's a model where it takes a really long time to make a decision — like, say, whether to buy more sleeping bags for the group.

I visited the park for a General Assembly earlier this week. Here's what I heard.