If we consider democracy a good thing, then the protests have a democratizing effect. Unions are starting to join in.
Yes it is always a good thing for the citizenry to dissent against the powers that be. While I may not agree with their Marxist agenda I applaude them for standing up for what they believe in. However, they're protesting the wrong thing.
The government through regulation and market control gives these wall street crooks the ability to manipulate currency for profit. It is a controlled economy and something that could never happen it a true laissez-faire capitalist economy.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.