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2026-04-18 17:04 UTC

#3 Worst Protest Chant: “Money for jobs and education, not for ” Like, sure, that’s a reasonable reform I guess. Money for education and not war would be a good thing. Jobs, on the other hand, let’s talk about that. Who wants more jobs??? Most people only want a job if they want more money, and we [billionaires excluded] only want more money if we want a better quality of life (but that’s too long for a chant). “Money for weed and education,” now that would be a better chant. (But also some people have had terrible experiences in the imperial education system, and let’s not discount that either!) The biggest problem with this chant though is that it’s another implicit endorsement of capitalism and the current system where a bunch of epstein-class elite fucks decide where to spend money that could feed, clothe and house the entire world many times over. And this gets to why protests often feel icky to me and lots of my friends - why are we out here begging for scraps?!? Why are we letting them decide in the first place?? Lets TAKE what we need, goddamit! They’ve stolen from us since 1492!! Class War and Expropriation, Not Genocide and Occupation! https://archive.org/details/top-5-worst-protest-chants

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@riotmuffin@ni.hil.ist 2026-04-22 13:49

#2 Worst Protest Chant: "Whose Streets, Our Streets" 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄 This chant is almost always guilty of mis-use and dishonesty. YO, we took over the streets and established an autonomous zone?? Fuck yeah, reasonable time to use the chant. We're parading around in one lane, or even on the sidewalk, and some organizers in yellow peace-police vests are squawkin at people to stay in line because gosh, they really don’t want the police to show up?? Then don’t use the damn chant. It’s not your street— your behavior is clearly opposite to the words coming out of your mouth!! Did the cops block off the road themselves so you could do your thing? Then they can just as easily order you all to go away—and you would obey them? Then no, it’s not Our Streets, in this case, its Their Streets. Is it 3pm on Sunday and nobody’s downtown whatsoever? OK sure, in that case, it’s “your streets,” at least temporarily, by virtue of Nobody Cares Anyway. Have fun. ....

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