75 Yr old Wall Streeter: "There will be prosecutions & show trials & violence-mark my words"

[1monster]

89. Just remember, they have the armed forces, the police forces, and all the weapons. The heavy price

will be paid by those seeking justice through violence and precious little justice they will get. And also, those who sought justice (for isn't that what the OWS movement is all about in the first place?) without using violence will probably pay a greater price, for they will be painted with the same brush as the others.

And the better armed forces with the better trained army will most likely win, because when you introduce violence, you lose a large majority of your backers. And that is the way to lose.

The way to win is to gather a large majority of the American citizenship behind you and meld it into an inexorable force that lets the government know that the American people will no longer stand for the corruption that has been business as usual for many years.

Those that hold the power will not give up the reins easily, but there have already been small (yes, mostly cosmetic) changes because of OWS. If the pressure is kept on relentlessly, with any news of corruption shouted from the rooftops, eventually more and more change for the better will occurr. Absolute vigilence is a must.

The change and justice we want will not happen over night. It will be incremental. After all, it took the one percenters, as they are called, more than thirty years to reach the levels they have now and they will fight to keep what they have stolen from us. It will take time for us to take it back.

After all, it was OUR lack of vigilence that allowed them to grab control.

Eventually, if we are resolute, the balance will shift to a tipping point and the people will prevail, without violence on our part. (I do expect violence on the part of the "law enforcement" community.)

The last time anyone won in this country by using violence was the Revolutionary War. (Violence was present during the unionizing process in this country, but it wasn't the workers who started that... it was the big money corporations--and the workers won.)

And, no. I don't think that "a few protests" are going to change anything, epsecially permanently. The OWS protesters didn't think so either. They were making a point. They brought the issues to the forefront and educated millions of people who hadn't really been paying attention before. That was a triumph and a victory for democracy in the country which is the beginning of change and has done more for the cause of justice than ANY violence for the cause could EVER do.