Civil disobedience is not a zero-sum game, and there are huge network effects in people protesting, striking, etc. This happens all the time with people unused

Civil disobedience is not a zero-sum game, and there are huge network effects in people protesting, striking, etc. This happens all the time with people unused to protest. "Protests doesn't do anything", "Other things are more efficient", "Their demands are vague", "People should work on making policy instead of protesting", etc. Network effects, people, network effects.