2y ago

Burners Get Hot-Headed When Climate Protest Blocks Road To BurningMan

Having a treats related meltdown.

Invidious link: https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=e8fDM60MS84

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The USA is a totalitarian police state which utilizes terror against even mild critique (as could be seen here). Also shown is the usage and threat of tasers and extreme physical violence even if the other people aren't physically resisting.
:acab

The militarization and what imperial, colonial powers do in the periphery falls back into the core once more. In addition to the methods used against indigenous or BIPoC in any case.
Isn't it cool how the tribal ranger arresting and brutalizing the native American protester is clearly a white dude?
He even fucked up his truck because he's a baby back bitch who can't handle conflict without extreme projection of violence.
Mr. Enlightened Centrist in the hand cast pretending like he gives a fuck when hes really just there to get fucked up.
this seems silly, what did they hope to accomplish.
- this seems silly, what did they hope to accomplish.
  Well could be many things. Likely they are individual eco conscious liberals which are connected to the climate strike (small numbers speak for that). Then it is mostly a symbolic action till they are cleared. What they did manage to show though is the disproportionate response of police against minor infractions like could be seen here.
  They did get some screen time though and the argument of "people having to work" are a bit silly when the work is handing out alcohol at burning man and cleaning toilets for rich people taking drugs.
  Their signs were:
  degrowth now
  
  abolish capitalism
  
  general strike - for climate 🦾
  burners of the world (and an image of the globe burning)
  keep oil in the ground
  Group says the blockade’s purpose is to draw attention to capitalism’s inability to address climate and ecological breakdown along with protesting against the popularization of Burning Man among affluent people who do not live the stated values of Burning Man, resulting in the commodification of the event.
  Video by Oliya Scootercaster Desk@freedomnews.tv to license
  
  i guess ive had enough symbolic actions that result in harm for poc. and if this is purely about messaging far far more normies are gonna be turned off by this than for it. now see i dont care about messaging so who gives a fuck, but if thats literally the only point of what your doing it should be effective in its one goal, and its so clearly not look at any comment section or just ask a normal person. also we have enough far far far more shocking bloody videos of policy brutality, we truly do not need anymore. no one who isnt already radicalized is getting radicalized by watching people block a road and then get arrested for it. not trying to be overly negative, I just think this shit is genuinely so harmful and useless. all anyone cares about is spectacle especially leftist. I truly think we would make HUGE progress if everyone wasnt so singularly obsessed with internet clicks and veiws. also whats wrong with degrowth.

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