• in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Can you provide examples? From what I gather, 1 cops are still killing people, 2 we’re still speeding towards climate catastrophe, 3 Trump is still in power, 4 Poverty and wealth disparity is getting worse, 5 Women in many walks of life are still second class citizens.

      Unless the lasting impact you mean is one step forwards three steps backwards.

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        They asked a question, were asked to guess, and now are being demanded proof for the answer they are still seeking.

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        Do you think that the needle has moved in a positive direction since these protests? Even if it feels like only a few millimetres?

        Starting from the bottom of this list: 5. There’s more women in the workforce than ever before https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2022001/article/00009-eng.htm 4. We’ve seen a drop in poverty since 2017 (but it’s climbing back up!) https://www160.statcan.gc.ca/prosperity-prosperite/poverty-pauvrete-eng.htm 3. As a direct response to Trump, Canada elected a Centre-Left Prime Minister in Marl Carney’s Liberals when the election was decidedly going to be a Rightwing landslide with the Poilievre’s Conservatives. 2. Green, renewable energy has never been more popular.

        1. There have been significant reforms since the George Floyd protests. Some cops have seen prison time, or lost their jobs entirely.

        That’s not to say our job is done and everything is a utopia now - we still have a lot of work to do. However, we do need to acknowledge when things have moved in a good direction or we’ll be overwhelmed by the bad and lose hope.

        You’ve gotta see some of the good through all the shitty headlines that want to make you click and feel bad.

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          Your first source is about women working in Canada and your second is about poverty in Canada.

          Unless I missed something, Canada still is a sovereign nation despite what Trump wants.

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            Great observation.

            You asked for examples and sources - I gave examples and 2 sources. Maybe it’s drastically different where you live?

            My challenge to you is - what are you doing to change the narrative where you live?

            Anyone can sit from the sideline and comment that nothing has changed since these protests took place - it’s a lot harder to get out there and make the change happen. Maybe you’re already making those changes already, in which case - keep going!

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          Reminds me of this:

          And then i’m told I should be happy the “needle is moving in a positive direction.”

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        The comment told me to take a guess so I did although my answer was intentionally wrong because I thought my questions answer was obvious. None of the things listed have remained relevant

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        Intense violent changes are more suited for writing stories about than gradual non-violent changes. I’m not saying gradual non-violent changes is what US needs right now, but your statement is false and I think you should stop instigating violence in this thread.

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          The United States was created by the Revolutionary War.

          We live in a country that only exists because of violence. We celebrate and honor this violence every year on July 4 (and on Memorial Day and Veterans Day)

          Clearly we as a nation deeply believe in the transformative power of violence. It’s literally what it means to be an American.