In the past 50 years, not much has changed in terms of protests, with a few notable exceptions. Generally speaking, it is still the same upper-middle-class pastime your affluent friends engage in when the skiing trip to Val d’Isère gets cancelled. You show up at the designated time, collect a ‘down with this sort of thing’ sign, and march ritualistically along a state-approved route and start shouting slogans until you get bored or make out with someone.