• @ByteJunk
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    42 months ago

    Looking at US politics from across the pond, there seems to be a healthy dose of activism, except it’s exclusively online.

    Unfortunately nowadays this is totally irrelevant, because it’s so easy to counter by anyone with money to burn.

    When people have actually gathered (mostly unions) they have found success.

    • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
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      12 months ago

      Except all the college students who got arrested/kicked out for pro-palestinian protests.

      • @ByteJunk
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        12 months ago

        Too small, but an interesting example.

        In many countries, and across history, universities are the breeding ground of anti-establishment protests. Young people with a strong desire to change the world, not yet shackled by the burdens of society and all that.

        Except that in the US, students are chained down with massive debt they can’t escape from, so that they can be kept on a leash.