Why "Occupy X" makes me nervous

The "Occupy X" stuff makes me very uneasy, and I've been thinking about why this is. The country and the world economy are certainly in a lot of trouble, and the wealth gap is breaking the social compact on which America is built.

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So that's what scares me. These sorts of demonstrations almost never accomplish what they set out to, and they usually hurt people in the process.

Why "Occupy X" makes me nervous

The "Occupy X" stuff makes me very uneasy, and I've been thinking about why this is. The country and the world economy are certainly in a lot of trouble, and the wealth gap is breaking the social compact on which America is built.

But ( Cut for length )

So that's what scares me. These sorts of demonstrations almost never accomplish what they set out to, and they usually hurt people in the process.