Often the problem is a lack of follow-up action from those that protest. For example there are so many people in this country who say that we need a third party and support their ideas, yet would never actually vote for a third party, that it is ridiculous. It only takes 5% in a general election to put a third party on relatively even ground (Perot's Reform Party did it, but squandered its influence in the next election), yet almost no one considers doing it. If everyone who said "we need a third party" actually voted that way, they'd probably actually win. This effect was heartbreakingly at play in Bernie Sanders's presidential run. I heard so many people say that they liked him but he wouldn't win that I wanted to muffle the cries of slowly being driven insane by it. It is an American disease caused by a two-party oriented voting system.
"When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered." - MLK
I've stopped supporting political and social movements in favor of economic movements. I don't vote because I see the government for what it is--an institution of force. That's true regardless of who is elected. I don't want to force others to do things my way, and I don't want to be forced to do things the way the king, the president, or the majority sees fit.
Regarding Dr. King's quote, I would argue that in order to truly value people, you must value property rights and profit motives. It can't hurt to value computers and machines, either, as that's the type of technology that improves standards of living (way more rapidly than social movements do.)
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