Comment by int_19h
3 days ago
Street protests are useless because they don't actually hurt. They only work if they can shame the other side, but the other side isn't actually ashamed of what they are doing.
The kind of protest that is needed is the kind that is actually disruptive. Nationwide strikes, for instance.
Economic protests, by contrast, are extremely effective, e.g., Jimmy Kimmel.
Money is the most important thing the corrupt establishment and its masters care about. (Rich people hedged their bets, so both D and R have their shares of corruption.)
A labor strike is an economic protest, and it is by far the most effective economic protest if it can be fully pulled off. It targets the root of economic activity, which is the production of goods and services. A boycott, while helpful, targets the economic endpoint, which is consumption. The longterm effects of a labor strike, which disrupts the production of goods and services, are more profound than those of a boycott.
A protest that is actually disruptive is called terrorism, and is off-topic on Hacker News.