Schaetzel suggested that Floyd died of high levels of catecholamines, a neurohormone associated with the flight-or-fight response, or Takotsubo myocarditis, a heart condition caused by intense emotional or physical experiences.
If Trump pardons this fuck we’re all marching on Washington, right?
I am not from the US, so I might be out of league here, but haven’t recent US protest movements been somewhat ineffectual?
In a global context, successful protests movements tend to take active measures; blockading of transport and key commercial zones, organisation on a level that makes security forces ask themselves uncomfortable questions.
To be fair, such movements also tend to have very strange support (be it broad based or high approval amongst a very large minority).
It is not my intention to be defeatist or overly critical, just some thoughts. I could be wrong.
Sadly, yes. U.S. protest movements are generally not enough to make change. It takes a massive swing in public opinion before politicians consider doing something about it. Protesting helps, but it usually isn’t enough. It took more than protesting to end the Vietnam War. Americans were majority in favour of it at the height of the protesting. And even when it started getting unpopular with the majority, Nixon didn’t do anything about it until it benefitted him.
The only case I can think of where protesting (mostly) was enough- if you include the protests that did get violent and were deemed riots- is the civil rights movement. Even then, it took Kennedy getting assassinated for Johnson to put it through as a part of Kennedy’s legacy. Was Kennedy ever going to push a civil rights act through? Was it all political hot air? We’ll never know.
Who’s we? If it’s the group that didn’t bother showing up to vote, I wouldn’t hold your breath.
As we’ve seen recently, there are things that individuals can do to make a difference.
Trump pardons this fuck
What a beautiful way to stoke division after the recent sliver of solidarity after the CEO assassination
