Originally Posted By u/Northwest_Thrills At 2025-04-07 01:34:57 PM | Source


      • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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        11 days ago

        The George Floyd protests didnt really achieve anything considering the situation the US is in, so yeah they gotta get MUCH bigger.

        The number on the George Floyd ones is spread out over a longer timeframe though, so i think this list is useless at comparing protest size.

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    12 days ago

    Number 2 was in 1970 for Earth Day, so that had to be the boomers protesting, right?

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      11 days ago

      The oldest boomers would be 24, the youngest would be 6. So mostly silent and greatest gens probably.

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        11 days ago

        No generation has fixed climate change. No one is making a dent because it isn’t the people who are the biggest perpetrators, it’s the corporations and billionaires.

      • Bleys@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        Tbf climate change wasn’t really in the public consciousness at that point in time, it was just being discovered and then was hidden by oil companies for a few decades.

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      11 days ago

      When luigi gets found innocent. If that never happens, i wouldnt be too concerned about the history books bc there wont be many people to read them.

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    11 days ago

    I’m excited to hear this. I wanted to attend what I thought would be the closest one to me (three hours away) but had a something to attend to. Yesterday I learned there was one only an hour away in my very red county 🙂 pretty excited to bulk those numbers up but a little nervous as a federal employee. But also whatever, I’m doing it.