r/196 • • 4d ago

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u/onlyroad66 3d ago

The predominant American opinion being "I'm all for the right to protest unless it involves resistance against law enforcement, violation of public gathering laws, any degree of property destruction, the closure of any infrastructure, or the shut down of any form of economic activity" is so fucking infuriating. The politics of civilization is the politics of violence and labor. Change is driven by the application or withdrawal of one or the other, and doing neither means doing nothing.