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jbooth on Sept 15, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Anonymous plans to occupy Wall Street

It's symbolic, like all protests.

Whatever the intelligence of the protesters, I seriously doubt any of them actually believe being a PITA in the street is going to inconvenience traders significantly.

Locke1689 on Sept 15, 2011 | [–]

How? What are they actually protesting? The existence of the banking industry? It seems like poorly informed reactionary tactics to me.

joezydeco on Sept 15, 2011 | | [–]

Unless it's a diversion. Damn, I've been watching too many heist movies...

notahacker on Sept 15, 2011 | [–]

You don't have to go into the buildings to wind the traders up... www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6YB53wp5dA

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