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Protests are much less effective if they can just be ignored. At the very least "lost productivity" is a very abstract harm and not something that endangers hum
by account42 1mo ago
Protests are much less effective if they can just be ignored. At the very least "lost productivity" is a very abstract harm and not something that endangers human lives directly.
- avianlyric 1mo agoThat does depend on the productivity being lost. No doubt many of the people who were unable to commute that day would have been doctors and nurses. I think it would be of a stretch to actually claim that this specific incident caused loss of life, but it’s possible to see how such wide sabotage, especially conducted over a number of days, could result in compromised emergency services and result in loss of life. Protests also tend to be more effective if the protesters involved actually make some clear demands about what they want. Simply breaking shit isn’t much of a protest.
- preisschild 29d agoBut its also not reasonable to let someone having grievances block the entire country. The farming industry is 1% of GDP in NL. Why do they get to hold the entire country hostage?