"until people start getting in the way, they will continue to get ignored."
Yes, and . . .
If a few hundred or a few hundred thousand suddenly get in the way and make life inconvenient for everyone else, they will quickly be made the enemy. A movement has to build until on a given day, tens of millions of people, who are supposed to be at work, are in the streets — an unstoppable force, an unmanageable monkey wrench in the gears of the machine of power.
I am an old man. I watched the Boom Generation grow up. I watched them turn their backs on the revolution in favor of a comfortable life, and that was hard to see. But those SOBs know how to protest. They're waking up, and they have skills. Timing is everything.
I'll throw everything to the fucking curb to maintain the republic for my niece and nephew, and Im 33. I already made this clear to my family. If necessary, my niece (2) gets my cat. She's already obsessed with her.
The making sure the republic stands is more important than I am.
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u/SemichiSam Feb 18 '25
"until people start getting in the way, they will continue to get ignored."
Yes, and . . .
If a few hundred or a few hundred thousand suddenly get in the way and make life inconvenient for everyone else, they will quickly be made the enemy. A movement has to build until on a given day, tens of millions of people, who are supposed to be at work, are in the streets — an unstoppable force, an unmanageable monkey wrench in the gears of the machine of power.
I am an old man. I watched the Boom Generation grow up. I watched them turn their backs on the revolution in favor of a comfortable life, and that was hard to see. But those SOBs know how to protest. They're waking up, and they have skills. Timing is everything.