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Originally Posted by k0nr4d
(Post 22998139)
No way man. What is needed is the exact opposite. Protests and rioting only leads to furthering the us vs them mentality.
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Yet history shows the vast majority of revolutions actually help to bolster the well-being of those who need help the most, Latin-America, France, America, any revolution in the last century has (ultimately) helped with a countries further positive economic and political development.
The Latin American revolution for example, allowed those individuals who were not being supported by their government, access to services they needed, housing, health, employment, food.
The French Revolution, allowed citizens basic rights that were denied for so long, property ownership, equality amongst citizens, seperation of religion and government (just like American Revolution).
These are all, seemingly, what people in this country have issue with these days and granted, its a different era than back then but, while at the outset revolution is devisive by its very nature, at the end many of these countries that have gone through revolt, even in recent times (last 50 years) have come out of it better... For its citizens.
The government here has lost its way, its no longer a government 'of the people, for the people' insteads it a method for those in power to remain in power, while doing as little as possible to benefit the country or its citizens and ultimately, that is what a lot of these movements (BLM, MeToo etc) are trying to rectify, with little to no success.
I'm not an advocate for violent protest typically but sometimes, that *is* the only way to make clear-cut, positive change.