As well planned and thought out that Marcus's plan was, it was not going to go very far from the get go. As terrible as it sounds, Marcus was not fit to be a leader of such a large movement. He was too hotheaded and much too eager to overpower an organization that was much larger than he was, even at his highest point of rebellion. What was so effective about the Free Speech Movement was that no one tried to overturn Berkeley's campus police. There was nothing hostile about the Free Speech Movement; all it was was strategically placed sit-ins with tons of participants and a goal that was very manageable. Getting Cal Berkeley to allow on-campus political activities as well as the acknowledgement of free speech and academic freedom is a much more easily accessible goal than trying to overthrow the Department of Homeland Security.

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