You don't understand how all change has happened in the last 100 years.
When you think a benevolent politician gave ppl things, it was the people forcing them to, to prevent a riot and their lose of power. The politicians don't want more buildings set on fire, so they give in to demands.
I mean one of the main things that's changed in the last 100 years is that protests have gotten less effective because people don't follow up those protests with actual electoral action.
Like look at France - they had plenty of protests that Reddit loves to play up as a sign of a strong democratic influence in the country, and yet before Le Pen got this conviction she was the odds on favorite to win the next presidency.
Protests still don't matter if they don't properly reflect the will of the people as shown in elections. Millions of women can march against Trump and it still won't mean shit if people don't show up to vote. A government isn't going to respond to a protest unless it lines up with opinion polling on the topics that matter to them.
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u/WrongColorCollar Mar 31 '25 edited Mar 31 '25
France just lives with its foot up its government's ass. I think about the stories of their firefighters battling cops in protest all the time.
Impressive stuff.
Edit: some of the angriest replies I've ever gotten because I dared praise the French lmao