• Furbag@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Like seriously, I’m tired of whining on the internet about this shit. Where can I go to learn about joining a protest? It’s better that doing fuck all by tut-tutting the establishment hellbent on fucking us over while they count their money.

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      3 months ago

      think you Americans are beyond a peaceful protest at this point, right now you need a revolution. you are quite literally 4 months away from a potential dictatorship.

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        So you can have a revolution with a peaceful protest. The problem is that requires a general strike to go with it to entirely cripple the economy. And Americans are obviously still too fat and happy to even do that.

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        3 months ago

        Good luck with that, the fans of the potential dictators have most of the guns, law enforcement is packed with fascists, etc…

        (Although I agree.)

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        Peaceful protests build the sense of consensus and unity. Violent solutions can’t succeed without both popular support and enough participants to make a difference, but if everybody’s scared of standing alone they’re doomed. Sudden upheaval is likely to make more people oppose the change, because most people like stability.

        Peaceful protests that get gradually more frustrated are more likely to support more drastic measures than a sudden upheaval. Whether or not you believe peaceful protests will fix anything, they’re the best solution that’s viable right now.

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          Peaceful protests are really only effective if they are seen as an alternative to more militant groups.

          Martin Luther King non violence wouldn’t have been that popular if it wasn’t seen as an alternative for Malcolm X’s more radical ideology.

          I’m pretty sure something similar occurred with the suffrage movement but I didn’t remember the details.

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      3 months ago

      You could get involved in campaigning for a Democrat running in a local senate race, actually get involved in politics and work for change

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      why don’t you go learn about using firearms and secure communication networks instead? protests accomplish nothing. protests get you put on lists for when the authoritarians really take over.