08-10-2021, 06:29 AM
Anyone interested in setting up a protest in NYC TONIGHT, to protest the crypto prov
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><strong>(See update at bottom)</strong></p> <p>I think we should start a protest outside the NYSE building, at 11 Wall Street. </p> <p>If this post can get enough momentum then we can make it happen. This sub has more than enough Americans in it to have a huge ass protest that the media can’t ignore. (It might be worth mentioning that I don’t care about moons—I don’t have my vault set up and don’t plan on using them for anything.) </p> <p>We just need more than phone calls and emails if we want to make a difference. </p> <p>And we CAN make a difference.</p> <p>When Kratom was up for a federal ban, a much smaller number of people protested and were able to reverse the federal ban. </p> <p>If we push and are organized in our messaging, we CAN win!</p> <p>The alternative is frankly unthinkable. </p> <p>I’ve been working on a crypto project related to climate change and impact investing… and these reporting requirements will crush that dream before I can even get it off the ground. </p> <p>In fact, if this passes, I’ll probably end up having to rescind my citizenship and move to a more crypto friendly jurisdiction to work on my project.</p> <p>And I’m not the only one who will do this. </p> <p>So… rather than let that happen I’m willing to whatever I can to prevent this from going through. </p> <p>And I’m thinking a physical protest at Wall Street could be a good play. We have a strong narrative here:</p> <p>Janet Yellen and her corrupt banking cronies are working the system to push this through. Any Senator that supports this hates the average crypto investor, wants to drive innovation abroad, and is probably in bed financially with the big banks. </p> <p>We can push that last point particularly hard. </p> <p>Make this issue completely toxic for these senators and make them start to second guess their positions at the CRITICAL hour. </p> <p>If we can get enough people willing to commit… then let’s do it. </p> <p>I think it would have to be later TODAY, given how soon they are voting. </p> <p>Anyone else interested in setting this up?</p> <p>Edit: obviously this is a peaceful protest, and you should only attend if you are peaceful and are capable of remaining calm in protest situations.</p> <p>Edit 2: if you’re not in the US and cannot physically attend, you can still help us promote the protest. All we need are for a few higher profile crypto people to get on board and do a few tweets… and then we can make this a real thing. </p> <p>Please reach out to crypto influencers on Twitter and ask them to support a impromptu peaceful protest targeting the crypto provision. I would do this myself, but I’ve been banned from Twitter. </p> <p>It doesn’t need to be just NYC. Ideally we can get people in dc to organize an event as well.</p> <p>If we work TOGETHER we CAN overcome this!</p> <p><strong>Edit #3: Thanks everyone for being awesome and supporting this on such short notice!</strong> </p> <p>I originally didn’t include a time because I wasn’t sure if the post would get enough traction to hold an actual event. But now it seems like we might be able to at least get a small crowd to protest, and anything is better than nothing. </p> <p>If you want to help but aren’t in the US, you can still do so by promoting the demonstrations on Twitter. Use #YeetYellen and target crypto influencers so we can get them on board with promoting the event. Someone else here came up with #BLOCCUPYWALLSTREET which isn’t half bad either. </p> <p><strong>Here are the details</strong>:</p> <p><strong>If you’re in or near NYC, then show up outside the NYSE at 11 Wall Street at 6:30 pm, and depending on how things go, we’ll stick around until 8:30</strong></p> <p><strong>If you’re in or near DC, then show up at the lawn facing the Washington Memorial (on 1st st NW) at 6:30, and plan on being there for around 2 hours</strong> </p> <p>One thing needs to be very clear: While it’s more than likely I’ll end up holding a silent one-man vigil… if we do manage to get any sort of numbers, we have to be very careful to monitor for plants and paid agitators. It would be very easy for Wall Street to coordinate with the media to paint any sort of protest like this as unruly or violent. </p> <p>If you see any bad behavior, such as violence or vandalism or even just people acting weirdly outrageous and trying to speak on behalf of the crowd, etc., take your phone out and start filming. If police come to make an arrest or intervene, let them do their job and don’t interfere. </p> <p><strong>If someone starts acting up, start filming and make sure to BOO the agitators LOUDLY, so that small clips cannot be taken out of context to portray the crowd in a negative light</strong></p> <p><strong>Update</strong></p> <p>So here’s what happened for everyone that’s interested.</p> <p>I showed up at the NYSE at around 6:20 with a cardboard sign that read “Vote 4 Toomey-Warner-Loomis U.C.” </p> <p>6:30 comes around and it’s still just me. So I wait patiently for digital allies to show up. </p> <p>Now granted… the NYSE area is a bit confusing and the building has two sides on it so people might have gotten tripped up on that. </p> <p>But there was one brave soul who showed up after seeing the post on Reddit. And to that person, I will be eternally grateful.</p> <p>I did manage to chat up the security guard at the NYSE for quite a bit of time and he was a pretty cool dude and seemed to agree that the new regulations were ridiculous. </p> <p>Whoever commented about the other random dude protesting at the NYSE was spot on… there was another guy there with a sign that read “This is a death cult”, who claimed the be the originator of the occupy Wall Street movement. </p> <p>I tried to stay away from him but he seemed intent on making it a dueling-signs type situation… and eventually he started shouting and ranting about how bad cryptocurrency was and eventually I lost my cool and sort of cursed him out. He was provoking me… but I still feel bad about it, especially since he left right after. But it is what it is. </p> <p>I stayed there holding my sign until around 8:15. </p> <p>In truth, I wanted to leave when no one showed up, but since you all showed me so much love and support… and were with me in ‘spirit’…I felt obligated to stay strong and hold the vigil.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/HenryfromCC"> /u/HenryfromCC </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p10wy3/anyone_interested_in_setting_up_a_protest_in_nyc/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p10wy3/anyone_interested_in_setting_up_a_protest_in_nyc/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><strong>(See update at bottom)</strong></p> <p>I think we should start a protest outside the NYSE building, at 11 Wall Street. </p> <p>If this post can get enough momentum then we can make it happen. This sub has more than enough Americans in it to have a huge ass protest that the media can’t ignore. (It might be worth mentioning that I don’t care about moons—I don’t have my vault set up and don’t plan on using them for anything.) </p> <p>We just need more than phone calls and emails if we want to make a difference. </p> <p>And we CAN make a difference.</p> <p>When Kratom was up for a federal ban, a much smaller number of people protested and were able to reverse the federal ban. </p> <p>If we push and are organized in our messaging, we CAN win!</p> <p>The alternative is frankly unthinkable. </p> <p>I’ve been working on a crypto project related to climate change and impact investing… and these reporting requirements will crush that dream before I can even get it off the ground. </p> <p>In fact, if this passes, I’ll probably end up having to rescind my citizenship and move to a more crypto friendly jurisdiction to work on my project.</p> <p>And I’m not the only one who will do this. </p> <p>So… rather than let that happen I’m willing to whatever I can to prevent this from going through. </p> <p>And I’m thinking a physical protest at Wall Street could be a good play. We have a strong narrative here:</p> <p>Janet Yellen and her corrupt banking cronies are working the system to push this through. Any Senator that supports this hates the average crypto investor, wants to drive innovation abroad, and is probably in bed financially with the big banks. </p> <p>We can push that last point particularly hard. </p> <p>Make this issue completely toxic for these senators and make them start to second guess their positions at the CRITICAL hour. </p> <p>If we can get enough people willing to commit… then let’s do it. </p> <p>I think it would have to be later TODAY, given how soon they are voting. </p> <p>Anyone else interested in setting this up?</p> <p>Edit: obviously this is a peaceful protest, and you should only attend if you are peaceful and are capable of remaining calm in protest situations.</p> <p>Edit 2: if you’re not in the US and cannot physically attend, you can still help us promote the protest. All we need are for a few higher profile crypto people to get on board and do a few tweets… and then we can make this a real thing. </p> <p>Please reach out to crypto influencers on Twitter and ask them to support a impromptu peaceful protest targeting the crypto provision. I would do this myself, but I’ve been banned from Twitter. </p> <p>It doesn’t need to be just NYC. Ideally we can get people in dc to organize an event as well.</p> <p>If we work TOGETHER we CAN overcome this!</p> <p><strong>Edit #3: Thanks everyone for being awesome and supporting this on such short notice!</strong> </p> <p>I originally didn’t include a time because I wasn’t sure if the post would get enough traction to hold an actual event. But now it seems like we might be able to at least get a small crowd to protest, and anything is better than nothing. </p> <p>If you want to help but aren’t in the US, you can still do so by promoting the demonstrations on Twitter. Use #YeetYellen and target crypto influencers so we can get them on board with promoting the event. Someone else here came up with #BLOCCUPYWALLSTREET which isn’t half bad either. </p> <p><strong>Here are the details</strong>:</p> <p><strong>If you’re in or near NYC, then show up outside the NYSE at 11 Wall Street at 6:30 pm, and depending on how things go, we’ll stick around until 8:30</strong></p> <p><strong>If you’re in or near DC, then show up at the lawn facing the Washington Memorial (on 1st st NW) at 6:30, and plan on being there for around 2 hours</strong> </p> <p>One thing needs to be very clear: While it’s more than likely I’ll end up holding a silent one-man vigil… if we do manage to get any sort of numbers, we have to be very careful to monitor for plants and paid agitators. It would be very easy for Wall Street to coordinate with the media to paint any sort of protest like this as unruly or violent. </p> <p>If you see any bad behavior, such as violence or vandalism or even just people acting weirdly outrageous and trying to speak on behalf of the crowd, etc., take your phone out and start filming. If police come to make an arrest or intervene, let them do their job and don’t interfere. </p> <p><strong>If someone starts acting up, start filming and make sure to BOO the agitators LOUDLY, so that small clips cannot be taken out of context to portray the crowd in a negative light</strong></p> <p><strong>Update</strong></p> <p>So here’s what happened for everyone that’s interested.</p> <p>I showed up at the NYSE at around 6:20 with a cardboard sign that read “Vote 4 Toomey-Warner-Loomis U.C.” </p> <p>6:30 comes around and it’s still just me. So I wait patiently for digital allies to show up. </p> <p>Now granted… the NYSE area is a bit confusing and the building has two sides on it so people might have gotten tripped up on that. </p> <p>But there was one brave soul who showed up after seeing the post on Reddit. And to that person, I will be eternally grateful.</p> <p>I did manage to chat up the security guard at the NYSE for quite a bit of time and he was a pretty cool dude and seemed to agree that the new regulations were ridiculous. </p> <p>Whoever commented about the other random dude protesting at the NYSE was spot on… there was another guy there with a sign that read “This is a death cult”, who claimed the be the originator of the occupy Wall Street movement. </p> <p>I tried to stay away from him but he seemed intent on making it a dueling-signs type situation… and eventually he started shouting and ranting about how bad cryptocurrency was and eventually I lost my cool and sort of cursed him out. He was provoking me… but I still feel bad about it, especially since he left right after. But it is what it is. </p> <p>I stayed there holding my sign until around 8:15. </p> <p>In truth, I wanted to leave when no one showed up, but since you all showed me so much love and support… and were with me in ‘spirit’…I felt obligated to stay strong and hold the vigil.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/HenryfromCC"> /u/HenryfromCC </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p10wy3/anyone_interested_in_setting_up_a_protest_in_nyc/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p10wy3/anyone_interested_in_setting_up_a_protest_in_nyc/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R