Changes in the economy and the increase in inequality in the United States have led to a variety of popular responses. One of these was the Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in 2011 as a small local protest in New York City. One of the slogans that emerged from the Occupy movement was "We are the 99%." The Occupy protests often drew strong responses from authorities like the police and from those who were unsympathetic to the protestors. What kind of social capital did this movement foster
A. exclusivity
B. networking
C. bonding
D. bridging
Answer: D. bridging
Bridging social capital tends to bring people together across a wide range of social cleavages. Frequently, those who take up a particular cause may come from a great variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. While the Occupy movement never managed to initiate legislative change regarding the problem of inequality, it did engender a lot of deeper conversations among otherwise disparate social categories.
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