May 1st

      • BmeBenji@lemm.ee
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        12 hours ago

        ? You say that like there isn’t a massive nationwide protest planned for tomorrow

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          Yeah so one tomorrow and one a month from now. I’ll change my opinion if tomorrow’s protest becomes a springboard for something bigger, but as things are now democratic backsliding is a race and the fascists are in the lead.

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            There have been nation wide protests basically every week since he was elected. They have been picking up in intensity and I’m sure that the next one will follow that trend.

            I know you want people to march on the streets and start just shooting politicians but people have families that will not be able to eat without their income.

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              I know you want people to march on the streets and start just shooting politicians but people have families that will not be able to eat without their income.

              I do not, in fact, want that. America still has time, probably a lot of it, before violent revolution is necessary.

              There have been nation wide protests basically every week since he was elected.

              Uh… That’s the problem there: It shouldn’t be every week. You want millions of people turning out every single day if you want a shot at this. Look at other examples of peaceful/mostly peaceful revolutions like the Arab Spring, Euromaidan or the protests in Turkey and you’ll see what I mean, but the short of it is that a protest that intends to force rather than persuade the government to listen is basically a smaller-scale general strike where you also walk around, yell things and imply that if the government doesn’t listen to you you’ll lynch them. That’s your finish line and you have to get there (or to a general strike or similar) before the fascists reach their finish line of complete overriding of the legislative and judicial branches. Now ask yourself: Are the American people closer to a general strike than Trump is to being able to ignore Congress and the courts?