The strike for climate change protest was a genuinely impressive sight to see, enough people to fill a street, and they just kept coming. They also completely filled Parliament grounds.

So, if you genuinely want to make an impact? Get tens of thousands of people to protest.

[–] biddy@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of those "thousands of people protests" was literally canceled because the council didn't want to provide traffic management. For the protests that did happen, people were squeezed into as small space as possible and quickly moved out the way, so as to not waste the time of the climate destroying cars we were protesting. It was pathetic. But the status quo is going to protect the status quo.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They can't have cared that much about the cause, in that case.

[–] biddy@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I totally agree. The whole point of a protest is to protest the government, letting yourself be repressed by their rules defeats that point. That's why disobedient protests like RPR are necessary.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So protest the government, not people trying to get to work.

[–] biddy@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're protesting in Wellington, so many of the "poor normal people trying to get to work" do work in the government. Protests are inconvenient, that's the point.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

No, protests are supposed to get public support for a cause.

[–] Turun@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How often do tens of thousands participate in a protest though? We had mass protests. This is just a reminder that politicians really need to do more.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, that's kinda my point. It's easy to ignore a handful of nutters, less so a crowd of tens of thousands.