Post #3761371
2026-07-05 04:48 UTC
“Protesting doesn’t work” is literally propaganda for the status quo, don’t spread this crap, worse than just being defeatist and doomer it discourages others from protesting.
Protest is a step in the process of rebellion… How many people are gonna rise up with an armed rebellion when they see the most of the population can’t even be arsed to attend a march or rally?
And it does work.
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@matthurtme@lemmy.world 2026-07-05 12:43
As someone with lived experience going through occupy wall street, no it doesn’t. All I saw that accomplish was funds being embezzled, my friends get shot in the face with rubber bullets, and some of them now have criminal records. What did we get? A dollar raise to the already unliveable minimum wage. Did anything change on wall street? Hell no. It got worse. Sanders says that the rich own 93% of all the wealth this country produces. Protesting didn’t do jack shit. Protest now and you need to get a permit. What in the fuck is that? There’s key note speakers and performers and shit. That’s not a protest, that’s a fucking festival for people who have enough money to cosplay protesting