- 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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There’s an Adam Friedland Show episode where he pitches Richard Kind on a movie about the story of The First Jew to die in the Holocaust. And its just a guy complaining about how long he’s been waiting to take a shower.
That’s the energy a lot of these protests give.
The Germans didn’t have any kind of huge protest movement. They executed people for doing things like holding a private dinner in honor of Einstein.
Big protests are a key part of how we avoid that situation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacist_uprising
That’s well before the Nazis had power