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How Do You Protest in the Face of Censorship? An Empty Sign
- anigbrowl 4y agoThis will still get you arrested in a repressive regime, whose goons are unimpressed such legalism. I have little patience for this sort of cultural criticism, which pontificates about symbols and semantics from what sounds like the comfort of a well padded armchair; it's designed to provide the reader with the false satisfaction of narrative closure rather than actually engage with its subject. Gene Sharp and his imitators have a lot to answer for. I find it notable that from the US to Iran to China, what makes authoritarians take a sudden step back is the sight of police cars getting flipped over. Establishment types like anodyne symbols, slogans, and signage because they perpetuate the illusion that protest marchesa re worthy and effective ends in themselves.