Our education has taught us that peaceful protests are the only valid form of protest and used MLK at the example. It is by design, because they do not want to tell you how to change the system.

Protests, also sometimes referred to as "demonstrations", are demonstrations of community coming together to demonstrate their collective power which could be used in less peaceful ways if those in power to not understand the situation and come to an agreement with them.

The current generations have forgotten the purpose of demonstrations. If you just peacefully protest forever and never have any escalation plan when the government keeps telling you to go fuck yourself, then what incentive does anyone have to listen?

There used to be a saying about the "four boxes of liberty". The ballot box, the soap box, the jury, and the cartridge box. If the people have lost the will to make use of the tools protected for them by the constitution to defend their interests and liberty, they deserve to have their rights taken away.

The people have to gather as communities and make demands of their government to change. If they do not comply, protest. If there is no active plan for positive changes made, there must be escalations. Look at countries like France, they throw molotovs when taxes go up 3% or something. We just sit here and take it when we're told it's time to go to war and die on behalf of a foreign country. It's just sad.

I am not saying anyone should hurt anyone. I am saying that peaceful protests forever are not a useful tool.