A big reason we don’t have a new MLK is because after MLK we functionally made it illegal to do what he did.
Not explicitly mind you. We just created red tape, new laws and regulations. Around what he did. So your free to do it, just expect you know your not free to do it in anyway that he did, or like he did, or adjacent to what he did. Etc and etc.
Well, a lot of what MLK did wasn’t really legal either. The big difference is that MLK had important allies in Congress and in the Senate that would go out of their way to aid and protect him. You really do need support in powerful places to rally against the state, even in non violent ways.
Having representatives that can shield your revolutionary actions is important even if you’ve given up on an electoral solution.
A big reason we don’t have a new MLK is because after MLK we functionally made it illegal to do what he did.
Not explicitly mind you. We just created red tape, new laws and regulations. Around what he did. So your free to do it, just expect you know your not free to do it in anyway that he did, or like he did, or adjacent to what he did. Etc and etc.
But you totally can do it!
Public rallying is extremely controlled now.
Well, a lot of what MLK did wasn’t really legal either. The big difference is that MLK had important allies in Congress and in the Senate that would go out of their way to aid and protect him. You really do need support in powerful places to rally against the state, even in non violent ways.
Having representatives that can shield your revolutionary actions is important even if you’ve given up on an electoral solution.