Originally Posted by TheSquealer

Of course they can, when they are disorganized and not united by a single idea and with a clear objective and path to that objective.

A bunch of frustrated people, all with different frustrations, who all want different things and who have mixed in with them shit disturbers, anarchists, fascists, junkies, homeless, idiots with drums etc etc etc are very easy to defeat.

They are defeating themselves with a disruptive presence few understand and by organizing without an objective. They will all fade away and barely be remembered because there was no cause to remember them for and no objective being fought for.