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When was the last time that mass protest actually helped change U.S. policy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world to c/askhistorians@lemmy.world

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I feel that with the complete arrogance and disregard for the law that the Feds will do absolutely nothing.

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[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Suffrage, civil rights, it works. Interracial marriage used to be illegal. Women couldn't vote

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ok but like, protests like those took years. do you think that it's acceptable to wait several years to fix this? Do we need to wait until they have exterminated 10,000 people? Or is it 100,000?

[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not acceptable, no. But what is there to do?

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I mean historically, people have done violence about this sort of thing.