• blakenong@lemmings.world
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    3 months ago

    That’s pretty cool. Nothing is gonna happen.

    Edit: Being told a protest won’t change anything disrupts the brain’s balance of dopamine, serotonin, cortisol, and oxytocin, triggering feelings of frustration, disconnection, and powerlessness.

    • punksnotdead@slrpnk.net
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      3 months ago

      To those downvoting blakenong, have a read of this.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_February_2003_anti-war_protests

      The day was described by social movement researchers as “the largest protest event in human history”.[1]

      I don’t want to burst the feeling of optimism, but unless there’s consequences, a general strike, riots, whatever, I don’t know, something, nothing will happen.

      If everyone goes back to their day job after standing out in the cold for a day or two and then pats themselves on the back saying “yeah, we showed them”, then nothing changes.

      Protest is dead. The powers that be don’t care if there’s a million people shouting and screaming. Unless they suffer consequences, nothing will change.

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        3 months ago

        Damn straight. Right after a previous rally where 15k showed up.

        These rallies are how you organize people. This is exactly what needs to be happening.

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            3 months ago

            Well what the fuck are you doing about besides bitching on the internet? I’m genuinely asking because it seems like you’re doing nothing as well. We are way past the time to sit around and expect shit to get done without doing something ourselves.

            • blakenong@lemmings.world
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              3 months ago

              Protesting in a group and then going home is sitting around and doing nothing, just in the cold.

              Me? I’m causing property damage to right-wing things. Obviously saying more would be dumb. Could I do more? Yes.

              But, complaining to me like this is enough and I’m the bad guy isn’t going to get us anywhere.