https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1dtzsv5/americans_of_reddit_bearing_the_events_of_the/

  • save_vs_death [they/them]
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    5 months ago

    What kills is that french protests themselves weren't limited to crust punks throwing bricks at the police. They encompassed regular people going to their regular job and using it to fuck with those in power as much as they could. As a small example, electricians cut power to the houses of key politicians and their political headquarters.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      5 months ago

      As a small example, electricians cut power to the houses of key politicians and their political headquarters.

      If that happened in the US there would quickly be a bipartisan "electricity terrorism" bill.

      • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        Sure but the point of popular movements is that you do it anyway to the point such bills and labels become useless against the amount of people who are willing to sabotage vs. the amount of people who are willing to comply

    • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      The only way americans know how to protest is by chanting on the sidewalk or shooting up a daycare center