Protesting is also a personal act. Regardless of the actual usefulness of protesting, protesting definitely helps us to actually not resign. Protesting in itsel

Protesting is also a personal act. Regardless of the actual usefulness of protesting, protesting definitely helps us to actually not resign. Protesting in itself is a commitment of oneself to a cause. Not protesting is definitely putting oneself away from that cause. So the question of the consequence on the "system" is, to me, second. I protest because I disagree, then I protest to remove the cause of that disagreement.