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this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2024
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The interesting thing about 20-somethings struggling to find full time work at nearly the levels millennials did during an actual recession is that...
...healthcare (and a mortgage) are the only two things that prevented most of us from participating in Occupy Wall Street.
The next time some mass protest like that occurs, the government can't rely on the fact that most of us have healthcare we need or, some of us, even mortgages.
Shit gonna get wild yo
Even back then, once the public support died down a bit they just had the NYPD bulldoze the whole thing. Since then the police have only gotten more brazenly violent against protests that are not in the establishment's interests.
Shit will get "wild" when instead of picket signs and bullhorns, people start bringing rifles and pipe bombs. Otherwise the outcome of any meaningful protest will be the same no matter how many people show up: an unforgiving police crackdown.
Peaceful protesting only works for so long.
Ever since I saw those stupid fucking anti mask / anti vax assholes carrying guns (and getting what they wanted), I realized that guns at protests need to be commonplace. The police NEED to be legitimately fearful they will DIE if they FAFO.
That's if people just... Stink up public parks without any organization or plan again.
https://youtu.be/2-NaTqDwYPA
Edit: as I said elsewhere recently...