Comment on Mass protests have failed to bring about social change. It’s time for a new strategy.
fiat_lux@kbin.social 1 year agoTo be more accurate, they posited that the more chaotic the action, the more effective the protest has historically been, not that non-violent protest is not effective at all. I think that's an important distinction.
They also say this:
People are willing to stand up and ask for it, but all you have to do is just tinker with the tactics, tinker with the approach
I believe it is possible to create chaos without requiring violence. I agree we need to tinker with the approach. I do not think escalating straight to violence is necessary and that we possess the creativity to modify tactics instead of abandoning principles. We should leave the most damaging options for the last resort.
BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Alternatively…
A bit of tar and feathering is always fun
fiat_lux@kbin.social 1 year ago
Tar and feathering is a slow death frequently from infections in the burns. It is a revolting and grotesque torture technique.
BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
So we save it for the billionaires, got it
fiat_lux@kbin.social 1 year ago
No, not them either. I would much prefer billionaires are tasked with cleaning up the mess they have made. It can be picking out recyclables from trash, it can be pulling out blockages from sewers, it can be scrubbing individual seashells of spilled crude oil. 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week, in a jail. There are many more ethical and productive methods than slow painful deaths, and a lot of unpleasant work that needs to be done by somebody.