Comment on People dont believe protesting works if they will only do it on their day off.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 days agoOkay, so reading your title again, you are saying pretty much what I am saying - people that only go to protests on their day off (and don’t engage in any other type of activism), think that protests don’t work. Is that what you were trying to say with your title?
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
It has to be, right? If they felt they could truly effect change, looking at this world, they would be out there day in and out.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I disagree with you because protesting every day wouldn’t be an effective way to enact change. Like I mentioned, the point of protests is networking and solidarity. The change happens from the other actions that are less visible/get less media attention (fundraising, community building, letter-writing campaigns, putting pressure on local governments, boycotting, disrupting events, etc.). Going out to a protest every single day would ignore the actual work that needs to happen, and it would burn you out almost immediately.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
There’s a difference between protesting every day and being willing to sacrifice. If you think you can effect change through passionless inaction Id ask for you to show me. Show me one good examlle.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You can’t… that’s my point. I’m really confused about what you’re trying to say here. If you don’t think that doing all of the other actions I mentioned are a sacrifice, I’m not sure I can help you see any of the points I’m trying to make. Sure those actions are not as visible as protesting, but people do them every day, and that’s where change starts.
A few years ago a small group of transit riders in my area teamed up to put pressure on local governments to provide free transit to children. With enough pressure those municipalities came together and agreed to do it, and now we see free transit for children across our province. This wasn’t done through “passionless inaction” but the hard work of people spreading awareness and putting pressure on their local governments. They continue to spread their message to improve transit by attending rallies and protests, but the majority of their work is behind the scenes. This might look like inaction to you, I guess, if you are not a part of one of those communities.