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The Power in Showing Up (www.hypocrasea.com)
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[-] Iapetus@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

The protests against the Iraq war were massive and yet completely ignored in favour of lies, millions of pointless deaths, and a fuck ton of very profitable resources to extract.

The Iraq war protests happened when I was a young teen and it broke my belief in the power of showing up and protesting being able to change anything.

Corruption isn't swayed by protests, only by money. If you can't buy government backing for your cause, it's dead in the water. Protesting against corruption is just going to get you arrested and/or put on a list of dissidents.

[-] whelk@retrolemmy.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I always see a lot of discouraging responses whenever protests are brought up. I don't think protests on their own will solve most major issues, but they're indicative of people caring enough to start going out of their way to do things, and can have awareness and ripple effects on a population.

How about instead of discouraging people from protesting as if it's pointless, encourage them to keep up that energy and recommend what else they can do now that they're all fired up and engaged? Why not fan the flame instead of raining on it?

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

The comic is blurry.

this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2025
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