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The Tea party, Gandhi and his friends, Protests during Vietnam war, the storming of the Bastille. Now, in "recent" History I tend to agree with you. My person
by dudul 7y ago
The Tea party, Gandhi and his friends, Protests during Vietnam war, the storming of the Bastille.
Now, in "recent" History I tend to agree with you. My personal opinion is that protests are not violent enough to cause real change.
Edit: I would appreciate feedback from downvoters. I think the few examples I provided are valid to illustrate "protests that caused real change", but if I'm wrong I'm happy to learn.
- hnbroseph 7y agowasn't the us involved with the vietnam conflict for the better part of 20 years? i was actually under the impression that the vietnam protests, while at times quite noticeable, weren't all that impactful in-and-of themselves. i think that, insofar as one might be inclined to point at "successful" protests, it's often really an issue of achieving a consensus amongst a plurality of those in power. perhaps protests can work toward that (i'm not sure); but if so, they could also work against it. i sadly doubt the protests in hong kong, despite their scope and intensity, will change much at all when the powers-that-be neither care, nor (seemingly) can ever be made to care.
- dudul 7y agoIsn't it generally accepted that the US "lost" the war because of the violent anti-war protests? I didn't say one single protest changed the whole thing, but these protests changed the attitude of the population towards the war, made it vastly unpopular, and in the end the US had to give up.