Occupy Underground

Hundreds of cases like hers were thrown out of court, because the system was caught by surprise, knew it couldn't handle all of the jury trials, and if a similar conviction came down then, then the protests would have turned into riots. Fast forward to 2014, and the establishment feels confident enough, insulated enough, and emboldened to test and reassert their grip.

But one potential weakness of counter revolutions is that they almost always over play their hand. Even authoritarian monoliths like East Germany were in reality dysfunctional, and rotted paper tigers, that dissolved as soon as solidarity amongst the people reached parity with the fear perpetuated by the state.

What we (still) need is the 'aha' moment for people to finally understand class struggle, realize their alienation from the 1%, and dispel the illusory reverence of rules, or fair play, or justice as long as a tiny minority is afforded such massive authority over us.