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Underwhelmed by protests (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just went down to our local lib demonstration. All I could really feel was depressed. All those people waving signs but I wonder how many are willing to do anything more than that? Shit most of them were pretty old, tbh. I approached some people I clocked as comrades but I was very awkward and we didn't have a conversation.

I guess I don't really have a question here. Just feel like everybody has identified (some of) the problems, but have totally misidentified the solutions. Will these protests ever accomplish anything? Can we radicalize the protestors without them having to get beaten by cops? Or is that what it will take?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's nothing more than a sheepdogging vote exercise. That's all they ever aim to or want to accomplish. They fail to recognize Democrats made Trump and Trump is a symptom not the cause.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That seems partially unfair.

They are absolutely ineffective, you are correct in your evaluation of that, but I dont think they aim to be ineffective.

I think they were taught that there's a "right" way to do something and they are now so dogmatic about moral rules they've tied their own hands when someone else comes along and breaks the rules.

Any effective response is "morally wrong" so they're left flailing around making up slogans and signs since it's all they allow themselves to do since they're such "good people".