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Is there any reason people can't engage in both kinds of protest?

Also, I think the chances of Apple deciding to pay its taxes due to this kind of pressure are at least as high as politicians in X country closing loopholes.

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Did I suggest they couldn’t? My post is calling into question the efficacy of this style of protest, not suggesting it should not be done.

People can protest all they like. It's just not going to achieve a single thing. Macron isn't directly targeted so where is the political pressure for him to change anything in France ?

It's exactly like Occupy Wall Street where people protested and camped outside the likes of JP Morgan. And what was the outcome of all of that ? Nothing.

The outcome of all that is that even insignificant people like you know that it happened and upset people. The alternative of protests that never happened certainly don't have your (or anybody else's) attention in nearly the same way, obviously.

I don't disagree, but your comment could be improved by removing the "even insignificant people like you" part. That felt unnecessary.

To he fair, aren't we all insignificant in the grand scale of things?

That's the same outcome of terrorist attacks and massive ad campaigns. Hardly useful without an actual message.

The only thing most people know about occupy wall street was that a bunch of people camped out for no particular reason.

> That's the same outcome of terrorist attacks and massive ad campaigns.

You mean those things that have changed the world in massive ways?

Does your code work right first time? Probably not. Activism proceeds incrementally and makes false starts and pivots like anything else.

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