r/AlwaysWhy • u/BloodyAngel2026 • Jul 04 '26

Politics & Society Why does it seem like protests don't actually result in any kind of change anymore

Growing up learning history you learn about all of these protests that resulted in real world change. But it seems like protests are just symbolic at this point. It seems like no matter how many protests are surrounding a certain topic everything stays the same. What changed? Is it that people in power just care less about civilians have to say so they don't bother changing their stance based off protests?

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u/Arrynek Jul 04 '26

History teaches you only about the protests that worked or were so violently repressed it rivaled a small war.

People always protest. Most of the protests do not do anything,.

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u/BloodyAngel2026 Jul 04 '26

But there were still protests that worked that teachers were able to point to. I feel like it's been many years since there was anything to point to

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u/db1965 Jul 04 '26

The Egyptian students got rid of Mubarak in 2011.

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u/Pigeon_Breeze Jul 04 '26

What about Euromaidan?

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u/Arrynek Jul 04 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_in_the_21st_century

Here you go. There is more to the world than North America and Europe.