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In that case then, do something at those elections. But do something.
Do something instead of throwing out excuses everywhere.
There’s other things that could be done, if the claims that most are good people are correct. Such as a quiet ‘down tools’. But that can’t be done either because jobs and healthcare right?
It’s fine for Americans to shoot back at others about the harsher end of action, such as revolution but they don’t even try and look for excuses on the easier ways out.
There isn't enough support for revolution despite what many people here believe.
Internal violence is always used by fascists to consolidate power. So people who aren't stupid don't use it. Shooting an ICE agent would be used to expand their protection for example.
There isn't more 'somethings' to do. Voting and protesting is all we really have.
The problem is a large portion of this country is actually supportive of what's happening. People who are mad are a minority.
Voting is not going to mean anything. You are putting far too much undeserved trust in the remaining democratic institutions.
Protesting only works if voting works, otherwise who are you convincing with protest? It's masturbatory.
You need a general strike, and you need protests with clear open carries. You need to step it up so that the people in power can see the power of the people. Unfortunately you're not ready or willing to do this because the risk of violence is very real. And it seems the American people are not ready to risk their lives to fix their country...yet. But their opponents are willing to do that to break it. The good Americans are going to come too late to this realization.
Yes, I agree to every sentence in those two paragraphs. I don’t advocate for it and my comment didn’t.
Yep, which is why I replied do something to the voting point.
You need to do something that grinds production, like stopping work and trading, that forces those in power to use the standing institutional rules to remove the two or three needed and you know who they are. The rest then becomes an incompetent Republican administration. Yes, it sounds insane and impossible; it probably is. It requires hardship which Americans are not willing to endure.
You voted them in. That ship has sailed. Your nation needs free and fair midterms at all costs.
I’m not advocating for violence, at all. I never have and I don’t want to see the US fall because the loss is incalculable. I do advocate people take whatever steps necessary to defend themselves. I support the organised protests but I don’t think that’ll be enough; pockets need to drain. The system needs jamming and the only way to get those that can act is to jam it.