If this is another Just Stop Oil one, then they more or less clear the stunt with museums beforehand. At least in the article I read about the soup or whatever, they had checked to make sure that the painting wouldn't be harmed
Yeah not to lean too heavily on Chapo Thought, but climate change awareness has been at saturation for a while now. Wrecking stuff to bully elites into compliance won't really work (unlike [redacted]), but at least it would be something they actually don't like.
This is just managing public discourse, and it apparently only takes the barest effort to do
Honestly the best thing which could come out of more destructive actions is changing the split in the non-fringe climate movement orgs from if mild civil disobedience is acceptable as a means to if more radical means are acceptable.
My local group had an internal fight which I swear could have imploded it the first time the mildest of vandalism was suggested.
politics is a performance. leon czolgosz said "I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people -- the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime. I am sorry I could not see my father." And they gave him an Oscar.
Politics is a performance in general, but there's transformative performance and meaningless. Isolated adventurism in general goes nowhere even if you pull a Czolgosz. Doing something like that might give organisers more of a propaganda win but it won't do the work of organising. Building momentum around movements and ultimately parties is what gives the goal enough weight to resist reaction.
Where are all the stories of climate activists getting arrested while attempting to bypass museum security? How are all of these stunts so successful?
If this is another Just Stop Oil one, then they more or less clear the stunt with museums beforehand. At least in the article I read about the soup or whatever, they had checked to make sure that the painting wouldn't be harmed
It's why I dislike them so much
https://www.energylivenews.com/2022/10/25/granddaughter-of-oil-billionaire-funds-just-stop-oil-protests/
Anything performative is recuperative.
Yeah not to lean too heavily on Chapo Thought, but climate change awareness has been at saturation for a while now. Wrecking stuff to bully elites into compliance won't really work (unlike [redacted]), but at least it would be something they actually don't like.
This is just managing public discourse, and it apparently only takes the barest effort to do
Honestly the best thing which could come out of more destructive actions is changing the split in the non-fringe climate movement orgs from if mild civil disobedience is acceptable as a means to if more radical means are acceptable.
My local group had an internal fight which I swear could have imploded it the first time the mildest of vandalism was suggested.
politics is a performance. leon czolgosz said "I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people -- the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime. I am sorry I could not see my father." And they gave him an Oscar.
Politics is a performance in general, but there's transformative performance and meaningless. Isolated adventurism in general goes nowhere even if you pull a Czolgosz. Doing something like that might give organisers more of a propaganda win but it won't do the work of organising. Building momentum around movements and ultimately parties is what gives the goal enough weight to resist reaction.
their mash potato scanners were malfunctioning that day
I'm also kinda curious how long it will take before the members of these groups start wondering, "Why is this so easy for us to do?"
They pay security guards like $11 an hour thats why lmao
This is easy, walk in with lunch in your backpack wearing your tshirt under a hoody. Take off hoody for the protest, throw lunch on painting.
There is no "security" to bypass. You can walk into these places, most of them are even free entry with a suggested donation here in the UK.
"Huh. I wonder what those guys are up to. Art fans sure look weird nowadays"