• SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    how is a protest march in a city, on an island, in a different continent going to do anything in Gaza?

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      1 year ago

      Are you asking how protest works in general? The place doesn’t matter much. Do you want them to protest in gaza? They can’t go there

      • SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        why would the UK government care what it’s citizens want? I suppose there’s a first time for everything but I rather suspect that it wont be this time

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      1 year ago

      It’s not, but generally in democracies, people protest to let their own government and their fellow citizens know how they feel about an issue.

      • When the issue is domestic, they are generally seeking a policy change.

      • When the issue is foriegn, they usually hope to influence their own country’s foriegn policy stance/actions on that issue.

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      1 year ago

      Good question, popular opinion demonstrated against Apartheid and collective punishment gets democratic governments to enforce sanctions, and put economic pressure on the violating country. This is how south african apartheid ended, through slow economic and sanction pressure.

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          1 year ago

          Nope, just keep bringing in another 500K-600K per year, of illegal immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries, and they’ll take care of it…