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First, who was talking about peaceful protesting? You don’t go from nothing to full on revolution in one step.
Second, if the only thing that matters is that it worked in the US, then protest has driven far more change than violence. The civil rights movement ended segregation. The labor movement won numerous labor victories, but when they fought they were largely just shot. Last I checked, we still have weekends and segregation never came back. Those are the two I can think of without looking in the US.
On the flip side, every attempt at abrupt violent change has failed. Without widespread popular support they just don’t even get off the ground.
We aren’t at the “nothing” phase. But hey, we’ve got weekends!!! Let’s be happy for what we have and just let the rulers take everything while we quietly argue amongst ourselves, as planned.
Wow, you’re just determined to hear “you need popular support” as “do nothing” aren’t you?
You said protests never work, that they never work in the US, when they work in the US the effects don’t last, and now “it can last but it’s not enough”.
Outside of a coup, small groups of people just don’t overthrow or take over governments. You need a lot of people, and happy people don’t join the angry mob.
If you want to change the system, you need people who currently like the system to stop liking it, and the more you want them to participate in changing it, the more you need them to dislike it.
I guess we have to agree to disagree. Standing in the street yelling won’t make people who aren’t already upset with the system any more upset with the system.
It’s obvious to me, and probably to you, that the problem isn’t “the people” it’s the rulers (the system).
But most people, for lack of a better way to word it, are dumb as fucking rocks. They only have the mental capacity to blame the symptom. If they cannot ever realize the cause on their own, they will never be part of the solution.
The phrase “can’t see the forest through the trees,” is applicable.
The window of opportunity is closing in fast. After that, there will not be another one for generations.