conspiracy to commit a public nuisance

You can’t do anything to upset the rich. That’s illegal. Please be ineffective elsewhere. That’s legal.

I hope they get mild sentences because they didn't even manage to enter.

The law is extremely dumb, as it sends the message "accomplish maximum obstruction, as you will get massive sentences, don't talk with anyone, don't even consider getting caught".

Maybe next time, someone does like some alleged (claim unverified) anarchists in France. They burned a substation and cut down a high voltage pylon. Most likely a bit foolish because they didn't stop the Cannes film festival from completing (it had backup power), but the point remains: they caused a massive pain in the ass for hundreds of thousands of people. If they get caught and get 10 years, they can say it was worth it.

Dishing out 10 year sentences for attempting to stop a plane from using a taxiway by standing in front of it... is not very smart from a judicial viewpoint. People might do the math and find they'd get smaller sentences for considerably bigger deeds.

But did you vote?

I always knew that this is true but damn is it great to see actual research prove it.

I was always of the opinion that extremists drive change not by their action but by society's perception of them, just didn't know that it was actually society's perception of them pushing society to accept tge less extreme memebers of the group.

As I understand it, for direct action (like this) to "work", the crucial requirement is that the protestors pay a personal price. I.e., prosecution and if possible (!) a bit of jail. Otherwise it will be seen as obnoxious troublemaking.

Humans are social animals. When they see others suffering for their convictions, they stop and think.

... yeah, I mean, that'll do it.

Protests like this are not really worth it, especially if it leads to good people who care being imprisoned and thus not being able to affect anything at all because of that.

Organise and find kindred souls to work with you and then resist smartly by taking care of not getting caught and doing things that can't be ignored but which don't alienate the public. Its pretty much crime already to do anything that might be noticed, as is evident by this. So don't play by their rules. People like this who are actually willing to do something are way too valuable to be wasted in prison.

There was a book called art of invisibility by Kevin D Mitnick which teaches how to stay safe regarding digital things. It should be free, but i'm not sure where you can find it beyond z-library. Its from 2017 so it might be outdated regarding how ai is likely going to be used for mass surveillance, but at least its good foundation for looking for more information about the subject.