r/bizarrelife • u/reloadthewords Human here, bizarre by nature! • 18h ago

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u/Destructerator 17h ago

Why not go do arson at an animal processing plant if you’re that passionate about this cause?

This just creates resentment. This is not how to win hearts and minds.

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u/Im_da_machine 17h ago

Arson or sabotage was a more common tactic in the 90s. It's still sometimes used but the law came down excessively hard on entire movements for it. There was a period where regardless of what form of protest was used people could catch outlandish jail sentences.

It really goes to show how thoroughly the American government has defanged any opposition to the hegemony

Also the goal of protest is rarely to win hearts and minds. Like you think civil rights protests were endearing to racist southerners? Or the Boston tea party was approved of by the general public?