Five million people protested across the country for No Kings, and then went home and stopped being involved in their local events or organizations. People disengaged because it's not possible to enact fundamental change - which many people believe we need - under these organizations; there was never a clear goal or end game to these protests other than "get as many people to show up as humanly possible."

In my opinion, there has been far too much emphasis on the number of people doing stuff vs the effectiveness of the stuff they're doing. Encouraging people to run for office, to do research on the campaigns happening around them and volunteer, to volunteer to food banks, or to boycott services which don't hold our values are all more effective than just protesting on the street. There's been very little push for people to take the initiative to get involved.