The term “moral entrepreneur” was first coined by Outsiders author Howard S. Becker. Becker classified the moral entrepreneur into two categories: Rule Creator and Rule Enforcers. Those who create rules are seen as “moral crusaders”, their main goal is to persuade others away from deviance and towards what they perceive as the norm. Rule makers are usually composed of wealthy, upper-class individuals who are not primarily concerned with the means by which to persuade others to realize their goals. Becker emphasizes this notion when he alludes to the moral entrepreneur as a kind of political competition in which these moral agents must generate public awareness, public support, possess power, and be able to propose a concise and acceptable solution to the problem (Becker 147-148) . Prime examples of moral entrepreneurs are MADD, anti-pornography, anti-tobacco groups and individuals such as Martin Luther King, Gandhi etc., these people all share the desire to eliminate deviance and inequality and to have a better and positive society. These prolific moral entrepreneurs have pioneered a new and unconventional form of moral entrepreneurship that has captured the attention of viewers around the world; The Occupy Wall Street movement is made up of contemporary collective moral entrepreneurs. These moral entrepreneurs do not possess political or financial power, but they generate public awareness, support and have a strong passion to make a change. Therefore, this article will delve into the components that fuel the engine of OWS as moral entrepreneurs, particularly socio-economic injustice and social immobility. The Occupy Wall Street movement was first started by a group of Canadian activists who go......paper......nevertheless. According to Becker Moral Entrepreneur is the formation of a new class of outsiders whose behavior now violates these newly minted norms and is therefore subject to the opprobrious label of “deviant” and this is exactly what is happening now, the movement has been labeled negatively by the media and described as a handful of homeless vagrants and hippies wandering around without a clear message. Ultimately, this led to the police getting involved and removing these OWS participants from Zuccotti Park, primarily due to the growing health and safety risk to people camping in the park. However, OWS has vowed to continue its crusade against inequality and corporate corruption. OWS protesters may be physically evicted from their makeshift camps, but the ideology and message of equality they have spread around the world cannot be evicted.
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