I see it as necessary as the riots n burning buildings pushed the civil rights act Violent street fighting for us the new deal, 8 hour work weekends off child labor n occupational safety, abolition etc etc etc Never starts violent but it's the thing that brings change
does it tho? people tend to be violent but the fact that violence erupted doesn't mean that the violence is what caused the changes
i mean, a lot of protests took place in cities and had air and started during the day, but that's not the same as a causal link
Violence alone will not cause change. This was learned by the Russian anarchists doing terrorism n assassinations n stuff. I'm not saying only violence I'm saying that only peaceful protests with police protections won't It's not challenging power if it's not threatening power, it concedes nothing
i think it's worthwhile to consider protest in a broader sense than just looking at its immediate political/power ramifications protest can function in a number of ways - building consciousness, gathering people physically, building support, developing morale etc.
Yes. And in that dialectical process tactics and strategy are developed changed adopted But if it comes to threatening power peacefully or not the state will defend itself, usually violently and indiscriminately Further radicalizing. I'm not advocating for people to go start burning shit down
But to be aware they need to look to the future and not assume last weekends protests will be enough alone Again an economic shutdown could bring the govt to its knees peacefully especially if done soon The rich will remove trump probably to restore order n prevent real revolution
So then we gotta consider the goals... Is removing trump enough knowing Vance is almost certainly more dangerous being a committed ideologue? New elections? Opening up for multi parties? Overthrowing capitalism to ensure this corruption doesn't bring us right back here? So they can't appease ppl