The Roots of Radical Snobbery

Perhaps it is the sound system currently sat outside St Paul’s Cathedral, pumping out muted sub-Back to the Planet dance choons. Perhaps it is the sight of a lot of tents offering meditation and tranquillity spaces. Or perhaps it is simply the slow-moving, directionless anti-capitalism that characterises the whole affair. Whatever it is, London’s Occupy protest is certainly redolent of all-too-recent protests past.