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Donald Trump revokes Secret Service protection for former vice president Kamala Harris (news.sky.com)

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The only way to be heard is to speak as a really big crowd. Like, big enough to swing an election.

I'd contend that you then need to do something with that crowd. Otherwise, as you said, you just become a scapegoat.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

you then need to do something with that crowd

That's ideal. So much of our time, labor, and infrastructure is privatized that it can be difficult to find an opportunity to mobilize large numbers of people to useful purpose.

But the truly great organizers figure out how to snowball a small activist base into a lively community wide movement.