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dublinben · 3423 days ago · link · · parent · post: Protests in Athens turn violent as Tsipras urges MPs to back him. What would you do?
This is an oft repeated refrain by liberals and establishment types after any social protest. Peaceful demonstration and protest does not affect change, it just perpetuates the status quo. The powers that be only start to take protesters and demonstrators seriously when they actually pose a concrete threat to stability.