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[–] mindbleach 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Mere disruption is ineffective. It's not targeting anyone responsible in a way that will change how they are responsible. It's not changing anyone's mind for the better.

When NYC had a trash pickup crisis, someone called to throw it all onto the mayor's lawn, and the crisis got resolved real quick.

You wanna do crimes that stop drivers, go slash tires. People will be pissed. But they'll be pissed at a car they can't use, and figure out how to live without it, however briefly - instead of being pissed at some temporary roadblock that feels like any other traffic jam. Just bear in mind you are also fucking normal people out of several hundred dollars each. It's not exactly swinging for the bigwigs in charge.