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Right, so they look weak while the police look strong. It doesn't matter how many people you win over if the state has sufficient capacity to keep everyone in line.
If you think they look strong after this, when the only provocation was 3+ weeks of honking and dance parties, you need to rethink how you evaluate optics.
Optics are what the media say they are. Blue cheka responded by expressing sympathy for the horse.
I don't generally buy the "optics" argument (because, as you said, the media will present their own narrative), but at the moment the convoy appears to be winning the PR battle. Now, should the convoy remain peaceful regardless of the actions of the government? I'd say no (I'd rather not be executed in the street while exercising my right to peacefully protest), but if you're going to violently resist the government you'd want to have as much support behind you as possible, or you're accepting that the end result for you is likely to be a life of torture until you are executed or expire of "natural causes".
More protesters are arriving in Ottawa as we speak. Nothing is stronger than the message that sends.
Except tear gas, wedge formations, cavalry, and other forms of hard force. Also in the long term, account seizures; make your opponents unable to exist within the system and they're either dead or permanent criminals you can arrest at any time.
No state has ever had sufficient capacity to keep everyone in line, it's always been an illusion based on fear. The public is starting to realize that fact.
The modern state has long since had sufficient capacity to keep everyone in line. Modern western states are starting to realize that fact.