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Underwhelmed by protests (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by electric_nan@lemmy.ml to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I just went down to our local lib demonstration. All I could really feel was depressed. All those people waving signs but I wonder how many are willing to do anything more than that? Shit most of them were pretty old, tbh. I approached some people I clocked as comrades but I was very awkward and we didn't have a conversation.

I guess I don't really have a question here. Just feel like everybody has identified (some of) the problems, but have totally misidentified the solutions. Will these protests ever accomplish anything? Can we radicalize the protestors without them having to get beaten by cops? Or is that what it will take?

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[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Chatting in person. Signs to make them think.

Protests are basically gatherings of people who are unhappy but don’t have an idea on a solution.

As if they had a solution.. they would be out there doing that instead.

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

There's a reason lib orgs complain about communists "Hijacking" protests. Very occasionally that's true (usually due to some Trots) but mostly they're just complaining that someone is offering a solution beyond whining at the government.