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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

1 year of lib No Kings protests: Nothing happens

1 single day of general strike: Heads are rolling

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

general strike happened because of the visibility of those protests. The world socialist web site was at the columbus no kings protest handing out fliers and a booth, and i'm sure there were communists around

protests give people permission and reduce the social anxiety to speak out when they see the numbers in them. Its a lot easier to speak up at your workplace about events when theres a massive protest walking past your place of business

protests can beget direct action and shouldn't be criticized when they do. 50501 has been coordinating ice watches and observations that put all the cameras there when violence occurs. I know people want to open carry at these protests ever since Pretti was killed. If everyone is concealed carrying it feels like a 1v30. If everyone is open carrying it may look like a 50v30

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Point remains. General Strike over protests.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

no disagreement from me there 🫡