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Protests are a starting point not an ending one. Many of the groups involved in this like Indivisible are also recruiting people from theses protests to do the less flashy work of fighting back in other ways
They also are quite the lighting rod to get people to feel engaged more broadly. If you've never gone to a mass protest, it's hard to describe how they reignite you to fight back. Seeing all those people there makes you realize you are not alone. That you are not the only one who doesn't think this is okay
These most recent protests were also much larger than the media is describing it. The media is saying thousands nationwide, but there were multiple cities that each had 1000+ people. Many smaller cities had hundreds protesting
This is a good point. Seeing other people get onto the street can motivate people who weren't feeling enthusiastic.
But I do worry that protests will fizzle out and be, as you say, an ending point. Maybe they won't be.
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“Doing a bit of socialism” is one of the most ridiculous comments I have ever heard
ill admit it bends the definition a bit*, but this type of groundwork is important and going the right direction.
It doesn’t bend the definition. It bastardizes it. Socialism is the ownership of the means of production by the workers, this has nothing to do with socialism
you are technically right