How social media killed the protest — For a certain kind of activist, politics has been reduced to pure performance::For a certain kind of activist, politics has been reduced to pure performance

  • Gsus4@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Aren’t all protests performance? In the sense that they are made for others to see and to bring awareness? What else are they for? It’s not for debate or promoting alternatives, it’s too messy for that.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      1 year ago

      It is supposed to be a disruption of society or a show of force to convince political leaders to change policy.