It's so common to hear how protest can't be effective in a huge spread-out car culture like the USA.
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It's so common to hear how protest can't be effective in a huge spread-out car culture like the USA. I think that's a failure of strategic thinking. Car culture does decentralize "traditional" rallying spots, but it's more fragile than ever in other ways. Blocking trade routes and work routines has never been easier, for example. Publicity has never been easier. And that kind of protest is harder to control.
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It's so common to hear how protest can't be effective in a huge spread-out car culture like the USA. I think that's a failure of strategic thinking. Car culture does decentralize "traditional" rallying spots, but it's more fragile than ever in other ways. Blocking trade routes and work routines has never been easier, for example. Publicity has never been easier. And that kind of protest is harder to control.
I like your thinking. We pro-democracy Americans are looking to escalate peacefully. This is it. I'd like to see it start with farmer protests with tractors shutting down streets in key State capitols. A gentle shot across the bow. Perhaps we should study our friends during our 18th Century Revolutionary War, the French. Their farmers would have shut the whole goddam country down 6 months ago. Gosh I wish I had more juice politically but I'll amplify the idea as best I can.
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It's so common to hear how protest can't be effective in a huge spread-out car culture like the USA. I think that's a failure of strategic thinking. Car culture does decentralize "traditional" rallying spots, but it's more fragile than ever in other ways. Blocking trade routes and work routines has never been easier, for example. Publicity has never been easier. And that kind of protest is harder to control.
@Tarnport I’ve thought about putting cars on the line, my cars, to cause “inconveniences.”
Only hypothetically, of course.
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