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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·15 days agoQuite the contrary. They base their power on the perception that they have a mass movement behind them. Protests can break that perception. There’s an entire wikipedia article on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_resistance_to_Nazism It’s not time to put away that tool just yet. Protests on a mass scale can do a lot.
minus-squarehorse_battery_staple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days agoI’m not advocating against protest. My comment history is proof of that.
Quite the contrary. They base their power on the perception that they have a mass movement behind them. Protests can break that perception. There’s an entire wikipedia article on it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_resistance_to_Nazism
It’s not time to put away that tool just yet. Protests on a mass scale can do a lot.
I’m not advocating against protest. My comment history is proof of that.