Submitted 14 hours ago by riverSpirit@thelemmy.club to [deleted]
Or was it just a way to release social tension and stop things boiling over?
Yes. Once people see that they have numbers on their side … and the No Kings movement does … that can cause a shift in belief for change.
The Emperor’s New Clothes is not a story about seeing the king’s dick. It is about the power of assembly in the face of tyranny.
Nah. Millions of people protesting didn’t stop Brexit. Millions of people protesting didn’t stop Tory cuts.
I really don’t like that people are down voting your very good question. I read in a book once by establishments connected to “the powers that be”. Not the president but those who control the presidents.
It specified that they allow protest so that the masses feel they have control over their dissatisfaction with the gov and that it prevents them from rebelling. Unfortunately the average America does not get this very important understanding
Yes, and no. It brings attention to folk who may be unaware that no one likes this path. The voters apathy is cancerous and I’m not discounting more voter interference from an illegitimate president.
Politicians keep track of public sentiment, because it affects their jobs.
People generally don’t want to protest, they just want to get on with their lives. If large numbers get up and start protesting, that means there’s a lot of energy there which politicians can use for campaign phonebanking and canvassing and donations.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Its basically a massive “you are not alone” statement.
Because if the protests stops happening, and people start to feel like they are the only freedom fighter in a sea of authoritarians, then they might lose the will to fight, that’s why tyrants always want to shut down protests, they don’t want words to spread and eventually even the most peaceful of protests eventually becomes a revolution that will cause the downfall of tyrants.