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> Protest doesn’t work unless it it causes extreme inconvenience Extreme inconvenience for who/what you are protesting, inconveniencing the average Joe is coun
by flukus 7y ago
> Protest doesn’t work unless it it causes extreme inconvenience
Extreme inconvenience for who/what you are protesting, inconveniencing the average Joe is counter productive and will turn them against you.
You're right though, apart from in some mythologized version of the Indian independence movement peaceful protest has never done jack. You need to throw your body on the gears and the levers etc.
- roenxi 7y agoOr you could try engaging with the system directly? There are a lot of political movements that achieve a huge amount without getting serious about protests. Any modern democracy gives people the option to get involved with shaping how the government works. Waving the broad brush of generalisations, usually the people protesting are doing so because is because they have no chance of getting the numbers to effect change - because the majority simply doesn't care about whatever their special interest it, or will actively resist it because it is secretly a fringe issue. If they have a chance of capturing majority opinion, they'd be too busy using effective channels rather than protesting.