Forum Post: A new idea? - OCCUPY the interior of BANKS
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 17, 2011, 10:04 p.m. EST by occupybob11
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from New York, NY
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The movement has had great success but has struggled because occupying parks and disrupting traffic is easy to see but relatively easy to contain and well, ignore or avoid. Additionally, it has the negative side effect of making life more difficult at times for some of the 99% who need to go to work and/or may be on the fence.
What if the movement went to occupying banks in a non-violent kind of way? What if groups of 10-20 entered random bank branches of BofA, WF, etc. and were willing to stay, voicing their opinion, until they were arrested or otherwise removed?
Perhaps this would help to focus the movement's message a bit? Maybe it could coincide with some demands for more just treatment from the banks? Stuff beyond the silly $5 fee thing. Stuff like evicting people who are doing everything they can to stay in a home.
Just an idea. what do you think?
I disagree with occupying bank branches. The banks corporate office might be okay. Your message is being heard you don't need to escalate. Just keep out in the open where you can be seen. If you start pissing off the rest of the 99%, you will soon find yourself a part of the 1%. And that's not the rich 1%. Then again, you could occupy Wallmart. They are the place that people think of first when it comes to outsourcing jobs to China.
You are more than welcome to come sit in our BofA offices. Most are empty today anyway. And yell all you want until you do get arrested, you would just be wasting your breath. You could not even get a loan to buy your house in our faraway head office. They might tell you where to call or e.mail to get the papers, but the loan would be between you and someone in "Far Away Places"
Give me our locally owned independent bank any day. The only occupying you have to do is in COMFORTABLE guest chair until Bill gets back from the restroom.
You folks need to get out of New York City awhile. All that congestion and pollution are having a very negative affect on your minds.
Do it. It will hasten arresting you loons.