The one question every single person in Europe asks me

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fascinating article on a recent large protest in Denver. https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/gps-data-reveals-bernie-sanders-aoc-rally-was-artificial-full-antifablm-pro-hamas-pro

lol - come back to me when zerohedge is not your information source 😂

https://x.com/TonySeruga/status/1903677337406992400

If you believe that they can tell this from people's cell phone data, then there's probably no conspiracy theory you won't believe:

84% of the devices present had attended 9 or more Kamala Harris rallies, antifa/blm, pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian protests, 31% had attended over 20.

You’re probably right. It makes more sense that Coloradans spontaneously took to the streets to defend DC bureaucrats “right” to lifetime tenured employment st taxpayer expense.

Liar. Government employees in the US generally do not have a legal right to lifetime employment, but they do have protections against arbitrary or politically motivated termination, especially after completing an initial probationary period. Prove that they have the "right to lifetime tenure employment" or STFU.

[Anonymous]

Occult wall street=failure
Iraq war protests=failure
BLM=failure

modern protests/riots do not work

civil rights era non-violent resistance and sit ins etc DO WORK

You can’t run around like wild children if you want protesting to work. You have to be non-violent even in the face of violence and you have to look respectable. Civil rights protestors didn’t dress like homeless teenagers they wore their sunday best. That matters.

[Anonymous]

Why aren't there more protests?

Two main reasons: Apathy, fatigue and fear.

Apathy because many people don't think their opinion matters anymore. Elected officials (who have the power to change things) don't listen to them, and are corrupt, so what difference is marching in the street going to make?

Fatigue because so many families are just trying to pay the mortgage, keep their kids on track, AND continue to work jobs they don't like and/or can't afford to quit. They feel trapped.

Fear because they know that half the population doesn't have the same political views as they do (including in their workplace, neighborhoods, and social circles) and ANY dissent or differing view will lead to a confrontation which may affect those relationships.

Including with their boss, who may see them out on the street in a protest and decide to find a reason to fire them.

[Anonymous]

^ The fear part is the area most Europeans don't understand. Their jobs/health care etc. is not tied directly to their employment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Occult wall street=failure
Iraq war protests=failure
BLM=failure

modern protests/riots do not work

civil rights era non-violent resistance and sit ins etc DO WORK

You can’t run around like wild children if you want protesting to work. You have to be non-violent even in the face of violence and you have to look respectable. Civil rights protestors didn’t dress like homeless teenagers they wore their sunday best. That matters.

I heard a historian saying that protests are asking, resistance is telling.

It stuck with me.

He also said we’ve already lost Congress, so not to bother.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, telling = demanding.

Haven’t had my coffee yet.

[Anonymous]

Simple answer: Education and Complancency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Occult wall street=failure
Iraq war protests=failure
BLM=failure

modern protests/riots do not work

civil rights era non-violent resistance and sit ins etc DO WORK

You can’t run around like wild children if you want protesting to work. You have to be non-violent even in the face of violence and you have to look respectable. Civil rights protestors didn’t dress like homeless teenagers they wore their sunday best. That matters.

That righteous, rigid GOP stick is lodged really high up your derriere, isn't it? I'm old enough to remember when Republican scolds complained loudly about "hippies" especially when they protested US involvement in Vietnam. What does it matter what protestors wear? Would you prefer the Nazi and Nazi adjacent outfits of the Charlottesville Unite the Right protestors? Or the ones worn by neo Nazis who recently protested near Cincinnati?

[Anonymous]

People ARE in the streets. Don't believe propagandists try it to demoralize resistance. US is a big country and people are already out.

It's harder for USAmericans because people are stuck scraping by with less of a safety net to survive difficult times.

[Anonymous]

I'm French.

I wish for a happy medium. In France, strikes and street protests paralyze the entire country. The people love to protest! You can have tractors closing a major highway so people can't get to work, and the TV crews record stuck drivers saying: "yeah, I support the protests, they're sticking it to the government". Or someone in a huge crowd at a train station, waiting for a train that's been canceled, saying: "yeah, I'm not going to get home tonight, but I support the strike - they're sticking it to the government".

And it doesn't matter which government!!! The French are in perpetual revolutionary mode, all the bloody time. It's not good.

I'm not saying people should never protest, of course. The modern US and France were both created by the people rising up and toppling their previous hierarchy. I don't know where a happy medium would be, but there needs to be one.

[Anonymous]

Looks like a large protest will be happening in DC on April 5, as one more point of information / discussion.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/03/17/a-large-anti-trump-march-in-dc-is-scheduled-for-april-5/

[Anonymous]

I think people are busy working and scared of not being paid/losing benefits or being fired (in Europe people can easily take time off and strike/protest). Some people also do not care at all, or care to some extent but do not think protests help. It's also not totally clear what people would be protesting specifically. I did see a small protest yesterday focused on USPS

[Anonymous]

It’s because there’s no unifying opposition leader to organize us and have our backs. People are afraid they’ll be picked off one by one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been in london, France and Germany and everyone wants to talk politics and every single person has the same q: why are Americans not at very least protesting if not striking or rioting in the streets. I don’t know, bc I grew up in the uk where we do strike and protest I think more, what to tell them. Why aren’t we? Why are we just rolling over and letting Trump do this to our country?

Wait till the weather is better. It could be a long, hot summer a time better for protests.

[Anonymous]

I think most protests like BLM turned to looting and violence.

Pretty sure Portland is protesting- if that city stilll exists.