cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31730469
To redirect revolutionary energy from destroying to the system to just criticizing Trump. It is a way for them to gain popular support and show themselves as anti-establishment instead of the bourgeoisie that they are who need to be overthrown
You go and talk to people to find people who might join your org, make connections between orgs, etc. But on the whole, these protests are absolutely not productive