Is Wall Street Listening?

We all have been excited these past few days with the furious pace at which Occupy Wall Street has turned into a global phenomenon. Why the numbers are modest, they are growing daily and will only get bigger. As the numbers swell, and with the hundreds arrested Saturday, the media is no longer able to ignore it. Once more media coverage is given, then the more people will be motivated to quit typing on their blogs, twitter and Facebook, and get off their asses! Oh wait, that’s what fueled the revolution to begin with.

But as I check my tweets, get updates and read about what’s going on, I can’t help but wonder if the message is really getting to its intended audience. After all, you have seen the youtube videos of the Wall Street banksters sipping champagne and waving to the protesters. But is camping out in a park, shouting slogans, blocking bridges, and holding up signs really going to get their attention? Or is it time to shut down the machine? Yes getting pepper sprayed, arrested and beat in the head does grab a few headlines, but is it enough? Peaceful protesting is definitely the preferred method, but would there have been a successful civil rights movement if there wasn’t a Malcolm X to go along with Martin Luther King Jr.? Isn’t it the fear of what people can do when there are thousands of them, and the authorities are outnumbered, that truly scares the powers that be? How would a Molotov cocktail have gone along with that champagne? Just wondering.