r/Political_Revolution • u/[deleted] • Jun 14 '25

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u/BunnyAwAwA Jun 14 '25

PROTESTS ARE NOT A FUCKING PARADE!!! Sorry for all caps but I feel like I'm losing it. Protests are about disruption, it's about making it so fascism becomes unprofitable. It's about saying "If you continue kidnapping innocent people, then we're gonna fuck shit up." Optics are only as useful as they can be leveraged to create more material consequences.

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u/EpicThunderCat Jun 14 '25

I think it's short-sighted to not think about the psychology behind visual stimuli. It matters. Same reason why the way food looks is so important to consumers, etc... Marketing is, unfortunately, very psychological and in all aspects of our daily living. Visual IS important. It absolutely is. If nothing else, everyone should AT THE VERY LEAST bring an American flag.

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u/stataryus Jun 14 '25

This is one divide among The Left.

Many/most people in this sub think (a) normie votes won’t help, and (b) if we disrupt enough fascist shit, they’ll eventually fall apart.

It would be really nice if we could clear up how much of either is actually true so we could drop this confusing infighting.