• 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.