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SeeThinngsDoStuff420 t1_j5cq5s2 wrote

Boycotting and Unionizing are forms of protest.

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Outrageous_Fall_9568 t1_j5d8c32 wrote

The railroad workers are in a union and where not allowed to boycott/protest

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Lastboss42 t1_j5djl1o wrote

what happens if they do?

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Insterstellar t1_j5dmkpz wrote

The union President will go to jail and the union & strikers will all be fined.

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John_Hunyadi t1_j5dnma8 wrote

So you strike til they meet your new demands of releasing the union president and rescinding the fines.

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Lastboss42 t1_j5dw41g wrote

alright, and then the rail workers still don't get back to work. now what?

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kenji-benji t1_j5digja wrote

Protest changed the Sonic movie.

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bautron t1_j5dmccc wrote

I honestly believe they did it on purpose.

Producer: Make its mouth weird so that people lose their shit. Then we "fix it" with one that actually looks like Sonic from the video game.

Illustrator: l gotchu fam.

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Hard-R-Smitty t1_j5d9fdf wrote

He’s saying you and 50 buddies with signs on the street corner for one or two afternoons doesn’t do shit

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ThreepE0 t1_j5dacg3 wrote

However… it does.

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deethy t1_j5dh466 wrote

Demonstrating has long been unpopular but that doesn't make it ineffective. You definitely need a goal, it can't be aimless (like the Occupy movement). Either way, protest has historically been portrayed in a negative light (for obvious reasons) so if it makes people upset that's par for the course.

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Insterstellar t1_j5dmvaq wrote

Occupy was pretty effective in changing public opinion. Before Occupy economic inequality wasn't widely acknowledged as a major issue, support for capitalism was far greater, and almost everyone thought they were middle class rather than thinking in terms of workers vs the 1%.

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