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[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Protests are successful in places like France because they carry with them the implicit threat that the elites will sonner or later have their heads separated from their shoulders if they don't address the concerns of the rest of the population.

Meanwhile in the US there is not even the risk of the economic damage of a General Strike, much less of the physical integrity of those who actually control how the country is managed.

Several million Americans walking around in their own time holding boards decrying the current puppet of the elites ain't going to scare the elites into letting go of some of their power.

The murder by a single individual of a Healthcare Insurance company CEO had more concrete impact than this march of millions of Americans ever will.

[-] Soulg@ani.social 7 points 8 months ago

They also work in France because all of those people can very reasonably gather in one place, which isn't feasible for the US

[-] Montagge@lemmy.zip 13 points 8 months ago

Good news! You don't have to all gather in one location!

[-] logi@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Not all of France is Paris either. This is just one of those excuses not to do anything.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

thats why they worked very quickly to suppress news about luigi, it also took them a month to come out with a way to propagandize against him.

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