‘if enough people show up and wave a flag, people in power will listen and things will solve themselves
Well, it used to work like that, back when the people in power remembered that they’re supposed to be the servants of the people, not their rulers.
It works in the EU countries and worked to a pretty big extent in the US till not too long ago.
It’s just that this administration’s goals are to topple democracy and install totalitarianism, which means protests (especially violent ones) are the goal - they’ll be able to show them on TV and cry about angry mobs before sending ICE and Marines to arrest everybody.
Well, it used to work like that, back when the people in power remembered that they’re supposed to be the servants of the people, not their rulers.
It works in the EU countries and worked to a pretty big extent in the US till not too long ago.
It’s just that this administration’s goals are to topple democracy and install totalitarianism, which means protests (especially violent ones) are the goal - they’ll be able to show them on TV and cry about angry mobs before sending ICE and Marines to arrest everybody.