Cycles don't break in one huge snap, ideally, if they do they have a tendency to go violently. It takes little increments and small kindnesses over time to truly change the flow of a river.. damming can only go so far.


[Add: My experience of protest has taught me that the air can become charged very easily. My experience of life says that things change in an instant, nothing is constant, it must be built on a structure / frame or it'll collapse soon after people stop holding it up. Peace first. The aim of most protests (that I consider in line with my ideology) is peace and equality. When we forget that to mock the other side (and prop ourselves up with their perceived embarrassment) we're only making fools of ourselves. Peace and equality don't stem from antagonism and aggression. Yes, there must be weight to change the course of a moving boulder but that weight can be peacefully persistent and effective more easily than it would if screaming and throwing fire....
Peace and equality. Create calm with calm intent].