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Taking a step back and a long view, most UK protests these days seem to be about “raising awareness” when the level of awareness is already high, or raising it
by nickdothutton 4y ago
Taking a step back and a long view, most UK protests these days seem to be about “raising awareness” when the level of awareness is already high, or raising it further is unlikely to have any impact. Most are also very boring, historically speaking. Supergluing yourself to the road, pouring some milk on a shop floor, perhaps throwing some paint at a statue. Hardly storming of the Bastille is it?
- thinkingemote 4y agoIndeed. Is protest just a kind of media / attention economy game?
- matthewdgreen 4y agoThis is, and always been, one of the most basic motivations behind all public protest.
- andrepd 4y ago> Supergluing yourself to the road, pouring some milk on a shop floor, perhaps throwing some paint at a statue As someone who sympathises with most those causes but agrees that it is all quite silly (and counterproductive), that is still no reason for this draconian law.
- kranke155 4y agoSo why do we need even stronger laws against protesting if it’s so ineffectual ?