I think that protests can be an excellent tool so long as they are focused on a concrete ask or outcome. If it’s just venting without seeking a concrete objective, I have a hard time seeing how it helps anyone but the fascists.
People will see themselves going out there and putting all the effort in, just for nothing to change for the better, leading to fatigue on our side, and a messaging/morale win for the fascists, who will bask in our efforts failing to bring about any change.
I’m looking forward to someone showing me where my logic is wrong in this respect. A lot of people give me pushback on this, but nobody seems to be able to tell me how the energy going towards these massive one-time protests that have no concrete objective are supposed to meaningfully change the fascist status quo.
I’m not just critiquing for the sake of it. I want us to succeed. But time and effort are not limitless. People have jobs. People are struggling in all kinds of different ways. I think we owe people a clear and concreate justification to ask them to go out there, to take time off of work, to put themselves in harm’s way that’s more than just “do it.” Where are the results? How is this going to change anything? How is it not just performative if we don’t have a clear, achievable objective?
Go to protests AND use social media. Also boycott.
I think that protests can be an excellent tool so long as they are focused on a concrete ask or outcome. If it’s just venting without seeking a concrete objective, I have a hard time seeing how it helps anyone but the fascists.
People will see themselves going out there and putting all the effort in, just for nothing to change for the better, leading to fatigue on our side, and a messaging/morale win for the fascists, who will bask in our efforts failing to bring about any change.
I’m looking forward to someone showing me where my logic is wrong in this respect. A lot of people give me pushback on this, but nobody seems to be able to tell me how the energy going towards these massive one-time protests that have no concrete objective are supposed to meaningfully change the fascist status quo.
I’m not just critiquing for the sake of it. I want us to succeed. But time and effort are not limitless. People have jobs. People are struggling in all kinds of different ways. I think we owe people a clear and concreate justification to ask them to go out there, to take time off of work, to put themselves in harm’s way that’s more than just “do it.” Where are the results? How is this going to change anything? How is it not just performative if we don’t have a clear, achievable objective?