All of what quark says is spot in. It is also only a microcosm of the full extent of crimes being committed by a ravenous few against social and ecological equity.
The police can deal with 100 protesters. That has been established. What though will they do with 5,000? 10,000?
What does it take to get 5,000 or 10,000 into the street? The essential problem in doing so is twofold.
- The bulk of those who are most severely disenfranchised are consequently neither adequately aware of the immediate opportunity nor are they robust enough for the conflict.
- Most of those about to slip from their relatively comfortable middle order positions are unaware of the true nature of their precariousness. They reflexively, even cravenly, conform to orthodoxy as a protection within their growing difficulties and uncertainty. They are utterly unaware of the lack of real substance in this orthodoxy.
Anyone who is not thus encumbered should be on the street, adding to a tangible mass of growing dissent. If, and only if, the elite's successive repressions generate even greater groundswells in response to each excess, will they begin to doubt and to falter upon their next move.
With such faltering, and a steadily growing popular mass, will come a gradual succession into active support from the two groups noted above. If you can add yourself to this transitional mass, you are doing the work of angels. Even more so if you can encourage others to also do so, especially if they exhibit a more diverse demographic than the current 'protester' norm.
Middle aged and middle class need to be seen