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Wondering what some ideas in the theme of malicious compliance, chaotic good or even legal non-compliance for protesting?

Stuff like chaining yourselves to a tree or purposeful graffiti has been there in the past but I'm curious about yer experiences/stories.

I recall there were some issues with household waste collections and the folks, unfortunately, would stuff their rubbish into public bins. Was wondering why everyone couldn't just dump their bags outside a politicians house who could have power to affect change.

There were some inspiring ones here: https://nonviolencenews.org/2025/01/03/top-10-creative-actions-in-2024-nonviolence-news-special-report/

Stuff like that.. any ideas?

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[-] communism@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago
[-] mental_block@lemmy.wtf 0 points 1 day ago

Paintball guns? Water guns? Glue guns?

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 23 hours ago

I don't think any of those types of guns count as "non-violent". None of the movements that have been the most effective have been strictly non-violent. You don't have to be killing people at every action you do, but all the most effective movements have been willing to strategically use violence whenever the situation calls for it. Every strictly non-violent movement I've seen has simply been shooting themselves in the foot. When you're shot at, shoot back, or you're a coward obsessed with losing.

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