Occupy Underground

>"They're afraid. Good. Frightened people do stupid things, and will turn more of the people of this country against them. The government, that is." <

Don't bet your life on it. Stupid angry people murdered and imprisoned a lot of labor organizers, workers, their children and families who mostly just wanted an end to child labor, unemployment, and an eight-hour work day. Government and the media, with the encouragement and money of business pushed that killing by associating them with the bumble-footed "communists" early in the last century by playing on their fears. And we are STILL dealing with the aftermath of that.

Wanted to ad a joke from back then...
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The police often attacked peaceful demonstrations. A postman delivering mail found himself caught up in one of these, and when a policeman turned his horse toward him he said "Wait, I'm not part of this. I'm an anti-communist".

"I don't care what kind of communist you are", said the policeman as he knocked him to the ground.
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This little campaign is very likely the result of the same kind of prodding and cash by business. And it might just as easily wind up with people being murdered and jailed for nothing more than being computer literate.

So-called "hackers" are not much different than kids altering cars to see what they will do, but they are already being called "terrorists". That is eerily similar to "communist", which has been a license to act against someone, often violently, by any good patriot for at least the past 100 or so years. And now we have much of the population that has been "schooled" to believe that someone else must always approve of what they do, who seem almost helpless with little to no appreciation of the need for critical thinking about what they are being told. That doesn't bode well.

But I hope you're right.