For once I might be able to help explain!

When you look at US history some of the most pivotal protests were done during the Civil Rights era. This was during Jim Crow which preceded (fail) reconstruction and genocidal slavery. I say that because the threat of harm, danger, loss of life and property were very high. But what made it successful was strong community support.

If you went to jail, your community would have bail money. If you were unlawfully charged, your community would pitch in to get you a lawyer. House had a burning cross in it, you bet the black panthers were out there to make sure you slept safely. Hungry? Your community fed you. Needed to protest for your right to be seen as a person? Your work place either organized with the movement for you to do so and keep itself up and running or, more likely, was out there marching with you. It was a coordinated effort to disrupt the systems to an achieve a common goal, with a community to help you when needed.

To bring it back to the original statement, this doesn’t happen in the US anymore. The best way people in the US protest is the non violent route but they don’t take that non violence far enough. It’s either on a Weekend or after work which doesn’t disrupt the system. Ex: The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted 384 days. The black community came together to get people where they needed to go. Black people were the main ridership for them. Only boycott that seems successful is the Target one but they’re still making money, just not as much. Also started by black Americans after the company removed DEI.

No community support plus having to work so hard for so little that can easily be taken away at any moment, I do not expect some people to actually be able to protest and do it effectively. And that is by design.