This is specifically in regards to the most recent No Kings, because I’ve been seeing, for the first time, normie libs being jaded toward the No Kings protests, I’ve seen surprising amount of “what are these actually accomplishing?” But what’s wild/sadder to me is all the responses being “well, I know they’re useless, but we can’t do anything until November”
Like Americans venerate non-violent protests, to the point all protesting is just completely symbolic, but can’t even take a page out of the civil rights movement and do a nonviolent protest that are actually a protest, like blocking a highway or a sit in, physically blocking people/things from getting places, you know, actually being disruptive, they just accept this tepid shouting parade for a couple hours every 6 months. I’ve been a doomer on American protesting for years now, sorry about the rant post
Even if you’re not living paycheck employee protection is such a joke here that there is a high likelihood you could end up losing your job, they just have to make up some other excuse.
Or not even, in red states. They are explicitly allowed to fire you without cause. This abuse is called “right to work,” because conservatives do not believe in truth.
Yup, totally true. Now, when we’re talking about major societal issues, losing your job to protest might be worth the sacrifice, but it’s dependent on a lot of things like how much savings you have, you family obligations, the industry you’re working in and the likelihood you can find another job, etc