• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      Get the fuck out of here if you’re only feedback is “the protest is useless”.

      That’s the same feedback Trump is going to have for it.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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        7 hours ago

        Protest is most effective when there’s a clear escalatory path to violence. MLK was successful because Malcom X was the alternative, and the people in charge knew it.

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      10 hours ago

      What “shaking the ruling class” did luigi do? They shrugged it off and went right on with the most massive corrupt looting in American history. When billionaires can afford their own private armies, or better yet bend the public one to their will, they don’t give a fuck about your pea shooter.

      Stopping them requires taking their money. And that means winning elections and taxing the living shit out of them.

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        can’t really win an election and tax billionaires by protesting. wait another 3.5 years or so. strikes and violent protests could work though