Re:Why is there no theory of the just riot? (2021)
by ixtli on Friday January 28, 2022 @05:51PM
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The supposition that demonstration doesn’t include obstructing or destroying property is relatively new. When I say demonstration I mean it to include everything from drum circles in zucotti park to the 60s civil rights demonstrations which locked down cities and towns to the events which triggered the Bolshevik and Cultural revolutions and the de-colonization of India.
To think that change happens without damage to property or obstruction of daily life is historically inaccurate and myopic.
> by and large the people who were participating in the demonstration were also members of the community
Does that make it okay? Just because someone lives close to a business doesn't give them the right to destroy it. It seems that you would be ok with it happening to your business, but I bet 99% of small business owners would not.