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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
LOL. These protests seem to be nothing more an outcry of frustration by a very small, misguided segment of society. The general themes I've noticed with the protests is anti-corporate bailout and anti-wealthy but the banks didn't take our money, Washington GAVE them our money. They really ought to occupy Capital Hill, not some random local business in some random town.
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I read the account of a colleague who was in one of these Occupy (insert) last week. She considers it to be more than a small, misguided segment of society, and it is not a disorganized protest. She said people had signs protesting a range of issues including joblessness, racism, etc. They were quite excited.
I do not dismiss this as a small, misguided segment of society. I think it is a large movement that is wearing too many hats. When there are too many hats, it is difficult to understand the point being made. Perhaps there are a lot of points being made but how do we know when it is time to move on to the next step? And how do we know what the next step is? Is there something that we expect to happen before it is time to end the more overt protests and move onto the next phase?
I don't "get it" but I "get it." LOL.