Some Bay Area residents have expressed frustration that virtually nothing can slow the pace of President Donald Trump’s autocratic actions.
  • They help individuals channel their frustration, isolation and desperation
  • They are a show of strength
  • They typically lead to more political involvement
  • They have already produced wins
  • They must remain nonviolent to be effective
  • They must be in small towns in the heartland, not just big coastal cities

Find one near you at nokings.org

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  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
    91·
    1 day ago

    They care enough that they’re trying to talk it down. Having a big chunk of the population turn out to tell off a dictator is a key step in how they lose power

    • ClassStruggle@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      14 hours ago

      Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That’s very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.

      Kwame Ture

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      33·
      1 day ago

      I don’t think they are concerned about it in the slightest as far as it making them consider changing anything for the positive, they’re utilizing it as a way to brainwash the base into believing that America is full of traitors so they’re much more accepting of the increase in political persecution they’re going to push towards.