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A protest by its very definition is 'lame ass'. When you protest you're accepting the status quo, that's why they're allowed even in places like Turkey and Chin
by Cozumel 9y ago
A protest by its very definition is 'lame ass'. When you protest you're accepting the status quo, that's why they're allowed even in places like Turkey and China. They're a steam valve for people to feel they're doing something then they go back to their television and Big Macs.
For a protest to achieve something it has to have a goal, and the goal is always 'protesting', that doesn't change anything.
If you want to overthrow the Government then go shoot your local senator[0], taking the kids and waving hand made protest signs at the local park isn't going to do sh*t.
[0] It's an example. I'm in no way advocating anyone actually do this!
- rdiddly 9y agoYou're getting downvoted but you've hit on something: Most of these protest movements are or aim to be nonviolent, whereas the power of the state is always ultimately projected via violence. For a protest or movement to have real impact, it has to either use violence itself (projecting political power directly), or it has to prepare for a sustained nonviolent absorption/withstanding of state violence (to get political power on its side). Either way you need a lot more determination, organization, sustained effort, and friends than it takes to organize a flash mob.