Solidarity denotes the unity and mutual support among individuals with shared objectives, crucial in protests for reinforcing collective resolve. Protests are strategically held in high-visibility, disruptive locations to maximize impact and draw public and institutional attention. This disruption compels acknowledgment of the issues, leveraging collective action to catalyze societal and political change. In contrast, low-visibility protests are often ineffective as they fail to generate sufficient public awareness or pressure for change.
Go ask Mahatma Gandhi.
You mean a leader of deeply disruptive and illegal protest movements?
He was disobedient in a passive, nonviolent, civil and ethical way.
He was not, he was disobedient in a wildly disruptive and active manner.
Study any civil movement in history and you’ll see that it change happened because of disruption.
Go study him then. You might learn a few things.
It’s the opposite, you have no idea why change happens and think it’s out of the good will of the state.
The only way to change the outside world is by changing yourself internally.
Gandhi actually said it himself with this famous quote: “Be the change you wish to see in the world”
If you think individuals asking the ruling class to be nicer is how Civil Movements have progressed, you are deeply unserious and an idealist. You change the world through action.
That’s true.
And where do every action come from?
From yourself and your own mind.