Yeah but we need to stop occupying sidewalks and start occupying gated communities. The fact that protest organizers won't do this says everything you need to know about them - they prefer passive action that does nothing but maintain the status quo. I've been to over 100 protests everything from workers strikes to BLM to Occupy Wall St, and i've learned that occupying a sidewalk that the oligarchs don't walk on does nothing but make the cause look pathetic. We need to protest where the oligarchs will be afraid, anything less is just playing into their hands.

[–] john_lemmy@slrpnk.net 10 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, that is a great first step. Especially if you try to connect and network with other people during the protests to form longer lasting groups or find and participate in already existing ones.

This shit won't be fixed with protests alone, but if they help people get a taste for what it feels like to organize and take some power back, then it is already worth it. Hell, even being around people that feel the same way is already a net plus for a lot of people who are ideologically isolated.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 9 hours ago

Yeah like every day... none of this "we will spend one hour during our lunch break on one Wednesday!" bullshit.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago

Their house reps, not just the president.