Which is why it’s effective if coordinated and done well. It makes things relevant immediately for the public, for officials, for businesses.

It will annoy them to the point of either joining them out of frustration, or at least saying “do something!” To the government.

I have no misconceptions that they will happily massacre civilians when those orders arrive, but until those orders arrive they are only trying to intimidate. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the current orders are quite simply: “Walk and look scary.”

They are clearly more afraid of us than them. They’re nothing more than buzzing insects with stingers.