in these confusing "Riot is the language of the unheard" times, the protester who wants to avoid crossing the redrawn lines in the shifting sands is looking for clarity. this is not the diary you are looking for.
oh the mixed messages! property vs. people, people as property, corporations are people too, commit property damage and the media will only focus on that.
but property damage has been employed as a tactic for generations with tacit approval, just not by protesters. I'll sum it up in one word: gentrification.
every time you see the word 'gentrification', remember it's property damage, as in damage done via property. Gentrification is not the only way damage done via property occurs, but because of all the attention on broken windows, spray paint, and fires, it seemed time to elaborate on this particular form of property damage.
once gentrification gets a foothold in a neighborhood, it infects nearby buildings and businesses.
gentrification is tagging by the wealthy greedy class, but cannot simply be painted over.
gentrification destroys the fragile web of old growth community through displacement, polarization and monoculture.
gentrification blocks out sunlight, casting constant shade.
unlike a fire or hurricane, gentrification never allows the residents it displaces to return to their homes.
gentrification is protected speech enlisting public and private security schemes.
gentrification hides under the cover of city planning commissions, acting as sleeper cells containing the very people who profit from it.
gentrification involves capital, it buys permission to exist and bypasses any authentic review by the people and other life it affects.
gentrification purchased the euphemism 'progress', branded itself 'inevitable', and received as a free gift 'unaccountable'.
gentrification never has to trouble itself over whether or not it's considered 'art', except the rare instance when the word 'con' appears in the same sentence.
criticizing gentrification guarantees derision and dismissal by the wealthy greed class and its followers, in effect shutting down any further conversation that might question capitalistic and Cartesian presumptions.