punkisundead [they/them]

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  • I think there definitely are forms of protest that objectively just hurt any movement. A few people looting stores, setting random stuff on fire and most forms of violence will make the whole crowd appear violent and scare off the general public.

    I do not agree with this. The George Floyd Uprising / protests started violent and it still became massive and actually dangerous to the status quo.










  • I dont like this way of thinking because its the wromg way around. The very popular study believes, that non violent movements needed around 3% active participation to reach their goal. These movements did not set out with this number in mind.

    Starting a movement with this specific number in mind will result in shortcuts that the movements in the study did not take.

    Its like saying “healthy” people eat lots of vitamins and instead of doing all the stuff these people do/eat, you just take multivitamins and hope to have the same result.

    It can work, but its a very one sided approach that leaves out so many other important aspects.


  • The goal should be taking down Trump before coming for the other party.

    It should be, but I dont think that Democrats see it the same way. The party as a whole besides some individual politicians is not a party that is ready or willing to oppose the fascists.

    They also have a track record of being useless against Trump. They were in power 4 years, Biden promised to bring the country back together and just failed. There is no need to focus on them when resisting Trumpism.

    Doesnt mean they couldnt join the cause, but most likely they will do that when they decide to co-opt it so they can win the next election.