As the Occupy movement has demonstrated, the United States of America has reached a crossroads where the economy and civic culture are hamstrung and strained by disparities. However, the Occupy movement has failed to reach out beyond the urban parks to seek the agreement of the ninety-nine percent with the principles, grievances, remedies, and action the occupiers have illuminated. The consent of the governed is necessary in order to lay the foundations for the change that is needed to reduce the disparities and place the country on the path to progress.