>If history is anything to go by, we’re only ever an election, or other political churn, away from your particular sets of beliefs / identifiers being persecuted, or at least your least favourite political prisoners being released and coming after you.
it goes other way around too - you are only one election cycle away to be pardoned.
And if the protest is succrssfull, you dont need a pardon anyway.
Source -- been to places, done the things, a special law shields me from the thiengs being brough up by autorities
>A special law shields you? How does a law shield you from persecution?
We won, this is how.
>Being pardoned doesn't help much if you're dead.
There is an escalation ladder you need to climb to attain martyrdom. It takes effort and courage and not everybody can or should do it. It's okay to be on the part of the process that provides moral support to the more hardcore participants.
it goes other way around too - you are only one election cycle away to be pardoned.
And if the protest is succrssfull, you dont need a pardon anyway.
Source -- been to places, done the things, a special law shields me from the thiengs being brough up by autorities