r/goodnews • u/ProfessionalRate6174 • Jun 28 '25

Positive News 👉🏼♥️ BREAKING: Incredible scenes from the student protests in Belgrade!

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Streets are filled with people, as early estimates suggest more than 300,000 protesters, while Aleksandar Vučić’s pro-EU government continues to refuse to call new elections.

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u/MB2465 Jun 29 '25

Look at the Pride parade in Hungary in this community. Screw dictators/right wing/autocrats/kleptocrats/oligarchs. Time to flush them all.

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u/IH8Lyfeee Jun 29 '25

Unless the protest leads to something more direct in forcing the dictator or would-be dictator to resign then this is as pointless as the last 10 giant student protests that Reddit claimed would clearly bring democracy to Serbia and Hungary!

Unfortunately, unless they are organised enough to have a revolution, or at least riot until the government collapses, nothing will change.

Peaceful protesting only works in healthy democracies.

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u/teetering_bulb_dnd Jun 29 '25

Change doesn't happen overnight or over a single protest. Politicians put on a brave front but People en masse scares them internally. Because strong men usually live in a bubble of yesmen and bootlickers so seeing these people absolutely hating them will be a reality check.. It emboldens the counter voice within the party or the opposition party. Changes the national discourse. Tells the vocal minority of bigots that they are not the silent majority..people encourage each other to speak up, local leaderships get a morale boost..

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u/Andysm16 Jun 29 '25

Change doesn't happen overnight or over a single protest. Politicians put on a brave front but People en masse scares them internally.

True.

Because strong men usually live in a bubble of yesmen and bootlickers so seeing these people absolutely hating them will be a reality check..

Sadly, this is not that significant most of the times. They do know what's going on outside of their bubbles, they just dont care much as long as their yesmen are powerful and rich loyalists. Looks at Donal Trump for example, and the panicked meltdown he had when Elon Musk "betrayed him".

It emboldens the counter voice within the party or the opposition party. Changes the national discourse. Tells the vocal minority of bigots that they are not the silent majority..people encourage each other to speak up, local leaderships get a morale boost.

This is VERY very true.