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Protests do not accomplish political change, have never accomplished political change, and will never accomplish political change. They are good for one thing a
by immibis 2y ago
Protests do not accomplish political change, have never accomplished political change, and will never accomplish political change. They are good for one thing and one thing only: meeting other people who are just as angry as you about something. From which you might decide to take actions that actually cause some political change.
- mschuster91 2y ago> Protests do not accomplish political change, have never accomplished political change, and will never accomplish political change. France's "yellow vests" or Germany's "Pegida" might disagree with you on that one. Both were pretty darn effective.
- immibis 2y agoCitation needed on their effectiveness.
- agumonkey 2y agoyeah sadly i think they couldn't reach very high, at least materially, even though a lot of people gave a lot of themselves to do so. they achieved a lot of recognition socially though
- immibis 2y agoAs I said > They are good for one thing and one thing only: meeting other people who are just as angry as you about something Also, Pegida was Nazis protesting that there wasn't enough Nazism happening, so I don't know why you bring them up as an example of a successful protest.
- agumonkey 2y agoI only meant it for french yellow vests, not pegida (i didn't even knew about them before this)
- yuppii 2y ago[dead]
- agumonkey 2y agoIs there any reliable way for political change that doesn't require sharp metal surfaces ?
- immibis 1y agoHaving billions of dollars works.