10-16-2011, 07:00 AM
It's an umbrella protest under which anyone displeased with the state of the country or government can express their displeasure. It's an acknowledgment that traditional avenues of protest (voting, political activism, letters to the editor - name it) just don't work.
The primary thrust is at those who created the disaster that is the current mortgage loan problem, the banks and money movers on Wall Street.
A subset of complaints include the catering to the well-off through tax policy and the failure of government to hold any of the people who fueled the stampede that led to bad mortgages accountable to anyone for anything.
A few indictments and perp walks of responsible CEOs might have avoided the whole thing. Now it has a life of it's own and no one knows where it will go. If police are called in to start dispersing protesters en mass, it could get really ugly.
edit: to note that this is my understanding of it. I was attempting to be succinct. It's a Hydra with many complaints.
The primary thrust is at those who created the disaster that is the current mortgage loan problem, the banks and money movers on Wall Street.
A subset of complaints include the catering to the well-off through tax policy and the failure of government to hold any of the people who fueled the stampede that led to bad mortgages accountable to anyone for anything.
A few indictments and perp walks of responsible CEOs might have avoided the whole thing. Now it has a life of it's own and no one knows where it will go. If police are called in to start dispersing protesters en mass, it could get really ugly.
edit: to note that this is my understanding of it. I was attempting to be succinct. It's a Hydra with many complaints.