• galloog1@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I disagree and I am going to give you an honest and not emotionally charged reply. Protesting by vandalizing yachts disincentivizes them from spending their money increasing the hoarding. They will just spend it on other ways to show their wealth instead of supporting a somewhat working-class industry. Worse yet, they will just not spend it making the situation worse. Also, it is a super obvious way to get caught and arrested and good luck proving you didn’t do it. Who else was on the docks that night? In short, you made the situation worse and got arrested worsening your position and ability to impact change.

    This is increasingly becoming more popular lately without actually impacting change. It is turning the average voter against these activists and their causes though.

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      1 year ago

      True.

      If you’re going to risk being jailed, might as well go out killing a CEO.

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      1 year ago

      Docks aren’t well guarded in my experience and I want to see your evidence that this is impacting voting in any way.

      I won’t encourage anyone to do things like this but I am far from condemning it. Those mega yachts are disgusting, taking up dock space for useful ships and more polluting than a small town. All for what? So billionaires can have a dick waving contest against other ones? Meanwhile regular folks get priced out because heaven fucking forbid you want to go fishing with your buddies once a year.

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        1 year ago

        I do believe that we saw the impacts of property violence in the BLM protests during the 2020 primary elections which is why a less radical candidate was elected. Polls showed this as well.