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'No Kings' Rallies Against Trump Authoritarianism Could Be 'Largest Protest in US History'
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There's an interesting kind of poster that I've only seen here on Lemmy, the "why bother, it's not going to work" poster.
Why vote? It doesn't matter.
Why write or call your rep, they're in the pocket of blah blah anyway?
Why put a bumper sticker in your car? Performative BS, maaaan.
Etm etm...
How do you feel when you see Trump stickers everywhere?
How do you feel when you're in a neighborhood with pride flags everywhere? Is that different and better?
What about when you see Wellstone! sticker in deep red Midwest? A little hope that there are other people who haven't given up?
Show up! Speak out! Be visible! Live into the small moments of joy where resistance lives!
It really does feel like there's an uptick in doomer/not enough posts on the fediverse lately.
I didn't say "don't bother" I said "Do it better and more effectively."
It has to start somehow, somewhere. So stop complaining and do it better, or get out of the way!
Not a complaint, an observation but you do you
Keep it to yourself. You're not helping shit with your post.
Problems can be identified by anyone. Immediately dismissing any sort of reasonable constructive criticism will destroy the movement from the inside out.
But please, continue shutting people down, you seem to know that's best.
We're working our way up to it. What you're talking about is a general strike and it takes a lot of organizing. Sign a strike card! http://www.generalstrikeus.com/
Doing it on a weekday means it can be more disruptive to the status quo, but that also means more divisive. Doing it on the weekend means it's easier for more people to participate and it can come across as more of a statement of unity.
I don't think one is strictly better than the other. I do think this one will have an impact.
Doing it on a weekend helps build steam and commitment. Protests like this normalize dissent, gather resistance together, and provide an onramp to resistance. Going out and breaking a few windows day 1 is what an agent provocateur would say to do, it just gets the committed arrested and turns moderates against them
Lead by example
I find more people on lemmy of the "stop saying thing you never said" type these days. Its like they want to catch you out on a thing they think is being said, almost as if they are pushing a narrative....
Showing up exactly where they expect you to and getting shot with pepperballs isnt making things better. As far as I can tell these protests are just outrage relief.
Getting shot with pepperballs for peacefully assembling in public tends to radicalize people, their friends, and their family. Pissed off people tend to be far more motivated in putting in the work to make things better. Experiencing or seeing police brutality first hand is a fantastic motivator when it comes time to boycott, strike, recall elected officials, etc.
You'd probably know that if you learned the history of any social revolution in the USA ... but they really gloss over those movements in schools for some reason.
Radicalize for what?, more protesting?
Hey little bro, mom says you gotta do a 250 word essay on the civil rights movement.
How are those protests going?, is ICE still a thing?
I can tell you still haven't finished your homework.