• Paradoxeuh@jlai.lu
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    5 days ago

    You have no idea what protest is about then. When you have nothing and capital is entirely owned by someone else, you can burn your city and lose nothing. Peaceful protests are by definition useless and only Americans think it works.

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      5 days ago

      Go burn the mansions of the billionaires then, sink their yachts. Why burn down your own history? It’s like shooting yourself in the foot because you are mad. How the hell does that change anything?

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      4 days ago

      Exactly, pointless conserving if you have nothing to conserve.

      Secondly gov’s, everywhere has shut down the avenues and options to complaint and peaceful protest have been minimised to stuff like fill in an online petition. Its not even appeasement at this stage. They have ignored the voice of reason, so that voice is now back and looking to burn everything to the ground to get attention.

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      In our defense, Americans are only TAUGHT that peaceful protest is the only viable way.

      Our schools don’t teach about the Battle of Blair Mountain, or Haymarket Square, or the Deacons for Defense, etc. etc. etc.

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        4 days ago

        I’m sure it has to do with your education but I find it dangerous how it makes the average american allergic to non-cosmetic protests.

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          Right there with you, dude. I read history for fun and there are many, many things I learned just through self-educating that I know were deliberately censored by our public education system.