archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago"You're fooling yourself, we're living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes...."midwest.socialimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down115
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minus-squarejaspersgroove@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoA protest that can be safely ignored isn’t a protest, it’s just a circlejerk where slacktivists gather to congratulate themselves about how virtuous they are. Actual protests are disruptive, by definition.
minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoBut a protest that can’t be safely ignored is a choice to destroy the country, apparently
minus-squarejaspersgroove@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoWell, as JFK said, a nation that makes peaceful protest impossible makes violent protest inevitable. It doesn’t have to destroy the country, but if it comes to that…you can’t say nobody warned you.
A protest that can be safely ignored isn’t a protest, it’s just a circlejerk where slacktivists gather to congratulate themselves about how virtuous they are.
Actual protests are disruptive, by definition.
But a protest that can’t be safely ignored is a choice to destroy the country, apparently
Well, as JFK said, a nation that makes peaceful protest impossible makes violent protest inevitable.
It doesn’t have to destroy the country, but if it comes to that…you can’t say nobody warned you.