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And it’s achieved nothing at all, so can shitlibs finally stop pretending that protesting does something and start campaigning for violence?
Because while you were feeling good about yourself for standing on the street, they tried to kill the two democrats they needed to flip the state to them. Only one side was going to achieve something and it only took 1 person not millions.
Silly liberals, your strategy of standing on the streets pales in comparison with my strategy of sitting at home.
you nailed it, and as you can see by the number of downvotes, we are fucked.
Think of it as a medieval army forming up. An army didn't generally march straight into battle. They took the time to organise and prepare. It also acted as an opportunity to intimidate your opponents into backing down.
The protests are the army forming up. Connections are made, wills reinforced and tied to a more focused cause. In many cases, the powers that be recognise the danger this represents and back down. When they don't, that's when things escalate.
Protests like this are a necessary part of reaching the goal. They are a link in the chain. People don't want violence. It will be accepted, if required, but not joyously.
Just remember, in a blunt head to head fight, the enemy would be the US military. You would need to either defeat them directly, or break their will. What would it take to cause large scale defections within the US army? Are people willing to pay that price?
Failing that, the slower, less drastic methods must be employed. It's a war of psychological attrition, not a fist fight.
A better use of protest time would be a general strike. Protesting does little more than slow these assholes down in traffic.
These rallies/protests/whatever are exactly how you build momentum for a general strike.
A general strike is useless without a significant percentage of the population joining. As these protests keep happening the attendees trust that the networks that are drawing them together will step with them into more drastic action, like a general strike. We are building a small amount of trust and cooperation between literally millions of people. It's not going to happen overnight.
I can show up to a protest, but I cannot afford to participate in a general strike. 🤷 I think you would see dramatically different numbers with a general strike.
You won't be able to afford anything once we start feeling the effects of the Great Depression 2. Part of the point of protests is to connect, collaborate, and support each other. Plenty of strikes involve crowdfunded support for those that need it.
So you want them what, starve to death now?
Yeah when it comes to actually sacrificing anything Americans can't be fucked.
They would rather throw away their entire country to the fascists than face any hardship.
Right? November 6th, every American leftist should have immediately started gunning down Trump voters in the streets, that would have solved everything
Implying these protestors have jobs to strike from.
Hi.
I went to the protest. I've been continuously employed for the last 15 years.
Your perception of the typical protestor could not be more wrong.
Go be our one person, then.