Voyarel@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · edit-24 months agoThis is an official account of the US Governmentlemmy.worldimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1963arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1951arrow-down1imageThis is an official account of the US Governmentlemmy.worldVoyarel@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · edit-24 months agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·4 months agoSo what is the utility of protests, of asking?
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·4 months agoNone. That’s why it’s acceptable to do.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIt lets the state know who you are so they can attack you.
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agohistorically they act as a show of force for what may ir may not happen if you ignore the peaceful request behind them
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoSo, if you never do anything else and authorities don’t give a shit; nothing?
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoyup, hence… waves arms around, looking at state of the US
So what is the utility of protests, of asking?
None. That’s why it’s acceptable to do.
Networking and testing the state
It lets the state know who you are so they can attack you.
historically they act as a show of force for what may ir may not happen if you ignore the peaceful request behind them
So, if you never do anything else and authorities don’t give a shit; nothing?
yup, hence…
waves arms around, looking at state of the US