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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  • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 hours ago

    They don’t have to, but data shows over and over that non violent ones more often end to being more successful at regime change.

    Benefits for the non violent:

    • more people are willing to join protests
    • much harder to use force to squash protesters (they can still try, but that often motivates more people to join, that is what for example happened in Euromaidan)
    • it is much harder to frame that those protesters are there to hurt ordinary people
    • sends signal for good people in power to do the right thing and that we have their back
    • validates people that they aren’t alone and that it is a lot of us

    We actually have more power than them, they only succeed if we get scared and think there’s nothing we can do. It becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.