Forum Post: Occupy the Banks (Legally)
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 20, 2011, 3:03 p.m. EST by occupiedinCHI
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I would like to see us legally tie up the banks. The sit-ins make a bold statement, but it's not practical to have 100 people arrested to shut down one branch for one day. The same size group could shut down a branch every day, legally.
All you have to do it get people to go into a bank three or four at a time (doing it in wealthy areas will have the largest impact) and say you would like to talk about opening up an account. You can then spend 20-30 minutes discussing every possible option (checking, savings, CDs, money market accounts) and then saying "no thank you" and leaving. This can be repeated all day and would deter any actual customers from opening accounts due to the long line. There is no defense against it. If they get hostile and start interrogating people about why they are there, then they will turn off actual customers. If done on a large scale, this is a potentially high-impact, low risk strategy.
It harms the banks far more to take your money out of them than to get yourself arrested for sitting in their lobby.
In addition, buying silver harms JP Morgan directly, because they manipulate silver illegally.
is that considerate of the elderly woman who needs to make a deposit or withdrawal? did you ever think your childish behavior is creating problems for innocent people? this is why your "movement" is seen as a pathetic cry from lazy under achievers who just want hand outs.
If you bank with one of the big banks you are part of the problem. The point is to discourage people from banking with the huge banks that dominate our political system and economy.
you did not address the inconvenience you may cause innocent people. do you care?