“But, but, but the us country is huge. We can’t be expected to protest about something all the way over there…”
“But, but, but, wait for the midterms. We’ll sort it then.”
“But, but, but, the protests are gaining steam now. It’s not easy to coordinate these things and we need time…{also we’ll conveniently ignore you when you point out that we live in a world of instant communication and that protests and strikes were coordinated decades ago when we didn’t have today’s technology}”
Glad to hear - we don’t hear about it as much up in Canada lately. The news cycle is always desperate to keep up with whatever the orange buffoon is fucking up next
Oh yeah. That’s true. The news really dropped off once the federal government “pulled back” ICE. But they’re still doing the same shit. Still kidnapping. We’re still documenting and doing our stuff.
With regard to point 3, ‘today’s technology’ is very much a double edged sword. Yes, you can communicate instantly but surveillance has modernized just as much.
As reductive as it sounds, I think part of the issue is it happens all the time in other countries because it happens all the time in other countries. The connections to each other already exist. The networks already exist. All the instant communication in the world doesn’t make a lick of difference if you have no idea who else to call. At this point, I feel like that’s the real benefit of protests. You gotta meet like minded people somewhere to get any real momentum and third spaces are pretty fucking dead.
I don’t think the issue is necessarily a lack of will to organize now, I think the issue was a lack of will to do so years ago. Hell, decades ago for that matter. So now the people that genuinely do care have to build their entire network from the ground up while under heavy surveillance which yes, is going to be fucking slower.
I mean in a certain sense they are a bit true, the French protested for so long that Paris has created the Rue in order to have some control over the crowds
Not at the moment. But that’s mainly because other countries shouldn’t really be invading each other over domestic issues!
However there was a huge ‘protest’ about 90 years ago when a useless dictator tried to overtake a massive part of the world. You really should look up history about it and see how they tackled that dictator, they didn’t have today’s technology and that ‘protest’ spanned a huge area.
It’d be very helpful, though that does require you putting a bit of effort in…
Guys, take lessons, take lessons!
Excuses incoming in 3, 2, 1…
“But, but, but the us country is huge. We can’t be expected to protest about something all the way over there…”
“But, but, but, wait for the midterms. We’ll sort it then.”
“But, but, but, the protests are gaining steam now. It’s not easy to coordinate these things and we need time…{also we’ll conveniently ignore you when you point out that we live in a world of instant communication and that protests and strikes were coordinated decades ago when we didn’t have today’s technology}”
Here in Minnesota we’ve still been protesting every week…
Glad to hear - we don’t hear about it as much up in Canada lately. The news cycle is always desperate to keep up with whatever the orange buffoon is fucking up next
Oh yeah. That’s true. The news really dropped off once the federal government “pulled back” ICE. But they’re still doing the same shit. Still kidnapping. We’re still documenting and doing our stuff.
With regard to point 3, ‘today’s technology’ is very much a double edged sword. Yes, you can communicate instantly but surveillance has modernized just as much.
As reductive as it sounds, I think part of the issue is it happens all the time in other countries because it happens all the time in other countries. The connections to each other already exist. The networks already exist. All the instant communication in the world doesn’t make a lick of difference if you have no idea who else to call. At this point, I feel like that’s the real benefit of protests. You gotta meet like minded people somewhere to get any real momentum and third spaces are pretty fucking dead.
I don’t think the issue is necessarily a lack of will to organize now, I think the issue was a lack of will to do so years ago. Hell, decades ago for that matter. So now the people that genuinely do care have to build their entire network from the ground up while under heavy surveillance which yes, is going to be fucking slower.
I mean in a certain sense they are a bit true, the French protested for so long that Paris has created the Rue in order to have some control over the crowds
The rue?
It’s a sauce used for thickening, but that’s not important right now
It’s more like a thickener used for sauce, but yeah, that’s also not important right now.
I don’t know the exact name but it’s these large streets
Edit: I mean boulevards
Boulevards? Grand boulevards?
I’m confused because “rue” in French is literally “street” in English 😁.
Yeah those
“Rue” is just french for “street”, so, I don’t know what this is supposed to be saying.
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You really get involved in France, if you want it or not. Great for democracy IMO.
True…
Oh, is all of Europe protesting in unity when protests are happening in Paris? i must have missed that.
I mean… What is a shitty little protest in Madrid gonna do to Brussels? You are comparing apples to oranges.
Protesting local matters, like French people being pissed about French shit makes sense. The French understand their power structure well.
Protesting continental matters is considerably more tricky, because of the distance involved.
Comparing all of the US to all of Europe is an apples to apples comparison.
And you see how well the anti isreal genocide protests are going… So appreciate you making my point for me.
Protesting in Houston does fuckall to Washington in the immediate.
Not at the moment. But that’s mainly because other countries shouldn’t really be invading each other over domestic issues!
However there was a huge ‘protest’ about 90 years ago when a useless dictator tried to overtake a massive part of the world. You really should look up history about it and see how they tackled that dictator, they didn’t have today’s technology and that ‘protest’ spanned a huge area.
It’d be very helpful, though that does require you putting a bit of effort in…
For what. To utilize all the rail lines in my city to grill.