Voyarel@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · edit-221 days agoThis is an official account of the US Governmentlemmy.worldimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1962arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1950arrow-down1imageThis is an official account of the US Governmentlemmy.worldVoyarel@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · edit-221 days agomessage-square87fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·21 days agoSo what is the utility of protests, of asking?
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·21 days agoNone. That’s why it’s acceptable to do.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoIt lets the state know who you are so they can attack you.
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 days 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-up2·21 days agoSo, if you never do anything else and authorities don’t give a shit; nothing?
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-221 days 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