“What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms.”
– Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787
There's been armed protests in the US in a couple of states. Where people with guns take part in so called...
"Peaceful Protests..."
But let's look beyond that...
Let's just look at these words by a US prominent person.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), author of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president, was a leading figure in America's early development.
-Wikipedia
What does it mean?
Why is it important?
Well... if the people are sheep, and the Government knows they are sheep, then the Government can do anything without fear.
Are protests the best way to show displeasure? No not really. Of course the best way is via dialogue and conversation...
But let's get real... Does that really help?
Nothing keeps a Government on their toes more than protests and seeing people band together.
Make that difficult and a Government can control a population.
Cos it's hard to stage any form of opposition.
Which begs the question...
Is it better to protest all the time for small reasons and inculcate a habit of protesting,
OR
Don't protest for small reasons and forget how to protest, such that when something big happens there is no resistance?
Cos... for sure it's only one or the other.
Humans are creatures of habit.
There is no such thing as...
Don't protest for small reasons, and still remember how to protest when something big happens.
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