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When was the last time that mass protest actually helped change U.S. policy? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world to c/askhistorians@lemmy.world
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I feel that with the complete arrogance and disregard for the law that the Feds will do absolutely nothing.

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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe gay marriage and other LGBT rights. It was a long fight of various legal and protesting movements, decades

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Well, that's kind of the big problem now. No time for decades of protest.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 12 points 10 months ago

Think of it as a good way for like minded people to get together.

[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Suffrage, civil rights, it works. Interracial marriage used to be illegal. Women couldn't vote

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ok but like, protests like those took years. do you think that it's acceptable to wait several years to fix this? Do we need to wait until they have exterminated 10,000 people? Or is it 100,000?

[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not acceptable, no. But what is there to do?

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I mean historically, people have done violence about this sort of thing.