Flash mobs have been used by a number of organizations and issues, ranging from
environmentalism, free political prisoners movements, and issues of
corporate wrongdoings. The
"One People" flashmob by Occupy San Francisco/Oakland was a staged performance that illustrates the "one percent's" inevitable isolation caused by systematically alienating the rest of the population. The initial performance itself involved a couple hundred people, including onlookers, but then went viral, gathering thousands of views as well as being remixed to incorporate additional global protest footage.