[cpursley]

> Maybe if those of us begging to be heard were allowed to speak, and scream and chant, it would inspire more people to unite, organize and vote.

You can. As far as I know, the US is still a democratic country with elections.

[untog]

Is it even worth going through the ways in which US democracy is broken? From the electoral system itself all the way down to extremely obvious voter suppression efforts (often specifically targeting black people), you really can't be too surprised that people do not feel that their voices are being heard.

[cpursley]

It's not perfect so the solution is to just burn it all down?

[untog]

Why do you think the people protesting want to burn down the entirety of US democracy? Nothing I have seen would suggest that.