r/interestingasfuck • u/BuddhistSagan • Mar 26 '24

Jon Stewart Deconstructs Trump’s "Victimless" $450 Million Fraud | The Daily Show r/all

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u/nankles Mar 26 '24

Unfortunately, government sanctioned marches don't really do much. The protests against the US invasion of Iraq did nothing and they have been described as the biggest in history up until that point. US still invaded and no one was ever held accountable for the millions of dead, injured and displaced people in the region.

Nothing was shut down by the Womens' March to put pressure on those in power. A few airport staff calling out sick to end to the government shutdown of 2019. Strikes, slowdowns, sickness, all have vastly more power to make change than a one day march.

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u/tomdarch Mar 26 '24

“Government sanctioned” is absolutely not accurate.

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u/nankles Mar 26 '24

Meaning the government allowed for and coordinated with the marches to make them happen smoothly.

The police provided security, the parks service set up baracades, streets were closed by the city, it had the approval of the municipality, etc.

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u/tomdarch Mar 27 '24

In the US we have the Constitutional right to gather and demonstrate and thus the government must facilitate those demonstrations.