Protesting can be an end in itself; political action can be self-actualizing.
There's a whole mythologized tradition of protest. It's also an intense social activity.
Also you are likely to treat differently negative consequences that you expect, but consider to be unjustly imposed by others. Again, defying these consequences and those who impose them is a powerful end.
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