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But how many of those involve lying on a beach all day long?

Yes, but doesn't this just feel deliciously like "sticking it to the man?" These are public beaches that the most well-off among us would like to keep for themselves. Not only that, they use extremely underhanded tactics to do so.

"sticking it to the man?"

In the grand scheme of things, I'd argue that occupying a beach to stick it to the man isn't a great way to spend time.

If you are going to a beach it's much better to be sticking it to the man while you are there.

Besides, who doesn't like the beach?

Eh, we can do two things at once.

An "Occupy Malibu" protest needn't suck resources from cancer research. A few hundred (thousand) people are going to be visiting beaches in the general area of Malibu anyway. A concerted effort by beach-goers to find and use the most egregiously obstructed public beaches (for instance, using this app) could be both satisfying and low-cost.