• the_q@piefed.social
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    20 hours ago

    I’m so tired of this idea that these sparse, scheduled, legal events are considered protests.

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      4 hours ago

      I’m tired of the idea that looting stores and burning public buildings is an effective way to protest.

      Most protests in Europe are also legal events. You ask for permit to march through a city. Only in some places rioters started destroying things. So far peaceful protests in Spain forced government to pass housing laws requested by people and call snap elections while all riots in France achieved is curfew.

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        3 hours ago

        Spain has a left wing government (the last time I looked at least) they play by the rules it seems (people ask, government provide as it can).

        In France the right have sold out the country to the rich, more or less stole the prime ministers seat (after the snap elections it should have gone to the left, surprise surprise it didn’t) , they couldn’t care less about housing prices and so on.

        So when you say france only obtained a curfew you show that you don’t understand those two countries political landscapes.

        The fight goes on ✊🏼

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          2 hours ago

          So when you say france only obtained a curfew you show that you don’t understand those two countries political landscapes.

          What else did they gain? After the riots support Le Pen grew. You really think this is good for the left and our fight?

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      19 hours ago

      which sparse ones are you referencing? It seems like you are wondering why CNBC isn’t showing you all the local protests even in conservative towns?

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        19 hours ago

        I genuinely do not understand this level of delusion…

        Look, these protests are ineffective. Period. They’re nothing more than photo ops for social media. I don’t care if they’re happening everyday and the news isn’t reporting, they are not doing anything to alleviate any of the issues this country is facing.

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          19 hours ago

          Yeah obviously they haven’t successfully overthrown Trump yet. What is delusional about me telling you the revolution will not be televised?