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that's literally what you're supposed to do in a situation like this. force the person breaking the system to work for it. i've been infuriated how many upper management types in the federal government have just been rolling along with the shit
A lot of people think we are still doing business as usual as a country, and expect there to be another election in 4 years. These kind of people don't think too deep about politics and their consequences. "Can never happen here" syndrome. They're all used to the United States just being as solid and stable as a rock, because that's what it's been all their lives. Completely unaware they are laying out a red carpet for fascism, because "fascism is just that thing we all fought in WW2 and there's no possible way we can become that too."
yup. the infuriation is… embarrassment. it's all embarrassing
Belief in American Exceptionalism runs deep
Can we stop with this 'never having another election' nonsense, you're essentially admitting defeat. You may feel powerless, but your words have impact, use them carefully.
Yes, words have impact. I hope that words like "no more elections" inspire people to action against what is happening. I don't see it as defeatist at all.
all but a handful of congress are spineless fucking cowards
100%. they tried to wield fascism as a threat to do conservatism, and now they're letting fascism take over out of spite for us not as a collective going along with it. in effect: they would rather this than shift left to where their voters are.
and so we're clear. i took 20 minutes out of my day to go vote for kamala not because i thought she was good, but because i thought she was better than this. but the fact remains that mainstream democrats are complicit in this
They're waking up, a little bit.
A lot of what made them change is the protests this week in DC, meetings with congresspeople, going to their offices in a big crowd, phone calls that are blowing up their phones to 4,000% of the usual traffic level.
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/a-suggested-approach-for-dealing
It's nowhere near what is required, they're still sleepwalking. But the pressure is working, a little bit, and a lot of the solidarity that's being developed to put pressure on them is going to be useful as things get worse and worse.
"______ Resigns Under Pressure From Trump"
Fuck you, make him work for it! Make him fire you, then sue for wrongful termination! Don't just politely get out of the way so you can be replaced by some goon who will happily do the horrible thing you're resigning in protest of!
handcuff yourself to an expensive piece of office equipment if you have to
they did this last time trump was elected
This is different and much worse.
Correct.
Their goal is to, right now, move fast and break things.
You wanna be glue. Netting in their axles. Quicksand. Civil, disobedient.
I just imagine my kid telling me some crazy rule is how we do it now and me being like "aderp.. uhh. Okay cool. We stay up until 1am eating junk food playing video games and don't go to school anymore. Got it boss!"