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Originally Posted by WarpathEQ
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Protests are to make people feel good that they are not alone, that other people are aligned and think the same, not to change people's way of thinking. So if the metric of success of a protest is the change it effectuated then I would agree they are useless (why I never have or will participate in one). If the metric is how warm and fuzzy it makes you feel that your brain is tuned the same way as hundreds of other people than they are likely very effective.
I had an epiphany the other day that maybe my generation completely missed the mark on why churches and religions exist. I've come to the understanding it was never about believing the stories in the bible actually happened. The real value was always consistent community and habitual traditions. Which make people feel more alike than different. In other words it was a massive vehicle for positive mental health routines for past generations. But it was never packaged that way, it was too focused on the stories and the book which people buy into less and less as time and generations carry on.
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One of the cores to mental health is repeated ongoing positive in-person social interactions. You need to be repeatedly seeing the same groups of people, have a good time with them, and expect to be seeing them again in the near future. It is also good to have multiple, separate groups too.