It’s true that protests alone don’t end authoritarian regimes; that tends to happen through “electoral revolution” (aka winning and enforcing an unfair election) or through mass non-cooperation like a general strike.
But, protests help the movement get to the scale needed to achieve breakthrough.
But, protests help the movement get to the scale needed to achieve breakthrough.
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Dictators want people to be afraid. Movements win by making participation feel good.
Putin's regime uses protests in russia to release steam from russian society, so in effect, people are calming down after the protests even so they haven't achieved anything.
Every protest should have an effect.
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