Let’s flash back to May 4, 1970. Four students, ranging from 19 to 21 years of age, at Kent State University lie dead after being gunned down by the National Guard during a protest. The goal of the protest? Well, originally it was to protest the invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, but anger steered towards the National Guard forcing itself upon the campus. The four men and women stood as martyrs for their original cause, and people, regardless of political party or social status, took notice.
Let’s move forward. It’s present day, and you open up the newspaper to read about all of the 20-somethings “occupying” Wall Street. What are they doing? What’s their goal? According to www.occupywallst.org, which is an unofficial website, the goal “is fighting back against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process, and the role of Wall Street in creating an economic collapse that has caused the greatest recession in for.”