Five@slrpnk.net to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoNo charges filed after police shot an 11-year-old who called for help, officials saywww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down14
arrow-up1135arrow-down1external-linkNo charges filed after police shot an 11-year-old who called for help, officials saywww.npr.orgFive@slrpnk.net to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareBibliotectress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoI mean I guess. I can’t afford to take the day off of work to protest. My bills are too high.
minus-squaresouthsamurailinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoNah, not protest. Riot. Revolution. But yeah, when the people are stuck just trying to survive, radical change becomes a luxury
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-29 months agoPretty much every big riot has come from people trying to survive. It’s happy wit the status quo people who don’t change, those struggling have less to risk.
I mean I guess. I can’t afford to take the day off of work to protest. My bills are too high.
Nah, not protest. Riot. Revolution.
But yeah, when the people are stuck just trying to survive, radical change becomes a luxury
Pretty much every big riot has come from people trying to survive.
It’s happy wit the status quo people who don’t change, those struggling have less to risk.