I dunno. I think if you can’t protest, you’re probably not going to get a fair election.
I’m not one for burning it all down or anything… But I do think a protest is a big surging mass of rabble who scares the shit out of the elite. They only hear the rabblerabblerabble noise a giant group of people make, then ask their pals what the hell is going on outside.
It’s supposed to be scary. It’s foreshadowing. It’s a sign of rising dissent.
If it’s done from a free speech zone half a mile from where anyone’s going to see it… well… It’s not much of a protest then. It’s the status quo.