May be phrasing it wrong, but I look at actions like Labor rights, Pride, Civil Rights, Black Panthers, etc. where actions of protesters felt much intense and made more of an impact in actually changing things vs now where there are protests but it feels like it constantly falls of deaf ears.
Have we just not hit that breaking point yet? Have we collectively been beat down so hard? Or have we forgotten how to truly fight for rights? Or… am I just completely off the mark and missing something else?
Americans are brainwashed to believe that there’s only one particular and specific way to protest, and beyond that all you can do is kill people.
They haven’t yet realized that there is a huge swathe of options in between, and it requires no organization or depending on others, and no violence against anyone. You can just quietly do stuff. Probably less risky than doing anything publicly in a country with ubiquitous surveillance and the law no longer matters. Protests are great for showing the level of public support for a movement, but if the government doesn’t represent the people their effect will be minimal for producing real change.
There currently is no cost for ventures into fascism. Make it so expensive they’ll think twice next time (if there is a next time.)
Like what?
That’s a nice ICE vehicle, would be a shame if its windows were smashed and its tires punctured…
It’s not hard to cause a lot of inconvenience with a little effort in a nonviolent way.