Sure. But protesting, even disruptive protesting, does not have to result in regime change. Also, there’s a high cost if the government knows it can get away with arbitrary harm.
Indeed. That’s why covid end game is so important. It will signicantly affect what liberal democracy really means (which is very much what governments can go away with, plus relative strenght of various other power centers). This continuously change, but sometimes much more rapidly, like after sep 11, or during those last 2 covid years.
I hate the direction of most of these changes since 30y (berlin wall falls...), and those last 2y are especially bad.
Sure. But protesting, even disruptive protesting, does not have to result in regime change. Also, there’s a high cost if the government knows it can get away with arbitrary harm.
Indeed. That’s why covid end game is so important. It will signicantly affect what liberal democracy really means (which is very much what governments can go away with, plus relative strenght of various other power centers). This continuously change, but sometimes much more rapidly, like after sep 11, or during those last 2 covid years. I hate the direction of most of these changes since 30y (berlin wall falls...), and those last 2y are especially bad.
And yet the history of protests specifically involving trucks frequently does lead to coups.