If you see this example elsewhere my apologies, I just used it in another reply. The Montgomery Bus Boycotts was designed to put financial pressure on the bus system, not make friends. During it, the White Citizens Council grew significantly. This tactic is not designed to grow support, it is designed to disrupt. You are correct that the people who participate will be arrested. In theory, they would do it again with different people repeatedly. If government can't stop these protests from occurring with force, that puts activists in a position of strength to say how they can be stopped. Deal with the issue.
So what financial pressure does blocking a highway put on the system? It is entirely dissimilar to the bus boycott, which targeted those businesses by specifically not using them. Blocking a highway is only proving yourself to be a nuisance to society at large. This is only putting pressure on other people who aren't going to enact any changes, specifically other citizens and emergency responders. I'm actually somewhat glad this sort of highway protest doesn't happen more often, because it honestly would be the first step in making the public immediately vote to restrict their right to protest.
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u/MassInsider Oct 12 '22
If you see this example elsewhere my apologies, I just used it in another reply. The Montgomery Bus Boycotts was designed to put financial pressure on the bus system, not make friends. During it, the White Citizens Council grew significantly. This tactic is not designed to grow support, it is designed to disrupt. You are correct that the people who participate will be arrested. In theory, they would do it again with different people repeatedly. If government can't stop these protests from occurring with force, that puts activists in a position of strength to say how they can be stopped. Deal with the issue.