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In reply to the discussion: There is no more “News” media: 100,000 people protested on Saturday, and we never heard about it. [View all]Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)The power elite eventually listened to King and Ghandi, not because they were persuasive, but because doing so was a better option than mass carnage. King might have had a dream, but the civil rights movement also had violent militants waiting in the wings.
Why would ANYONE in power care about proles marching in the streets -- particularly when said proles have been indoctrinated to believe that sit-ins and pacificism are the only effective mechanism for social change. Hell, these proles are going to turn right around and re-elect the people who have been fucking them, and they'll call it a win. If they obliterated fifty bank branches it would be world wide fucking news, every pol and talking head in America would be condemning them and discussing their demands, but until then it's basically feel-good masturbation.
I am no better. I am not about to get myself arrested or killed by the police. I have seen violence and carnage and I don't like it. So I will keep trying to effect a change at the poles and hold our leaders accountable.