I'm sad it was only thousands. I'm part of the problem as I didn't go.
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I didn’t know about it until this morning.
I’ve been to children’s birthday parties that are better organized than this.
To be honest I feel like this is a candle that's going to burn bright too fast and the country will quickly fall into complacency.
Prove me wrong, America, prove me wrong.
You're not wrong. I've seen all this before. We always give up and go home eventually. It's the American way.
Remember the BLM protests and their "5 demands"? They tried to copy the Hong Kong protests, but unlike Hong Kong they couldn't even last more than a few days before giving up. Not a single demand was met.
To be fair, I believe COVID disrupted a lot of that.
If that were possible, then I think it proves their point that people are overreacting to the "fake news media".
But I don't think that will be possible, because it really seems like there's no way all of these piss poor executive orders won't have very tangible repercussions on the working class. It's already starting with govt workers being laid off, all retail chains telling shareholders that they'll be raising prices in response to tariffs, grocery prices continuing to rise, and people having loved ones shipped off to Guantanamo.
IMO, today it's protests, and in a year if it continues on this course, it will turn into outrage. Many many people are at their breaking point, not politically, but just from the ability to survive. He's going to say it's AntiFa, BLM, and Communists trying to stop him from saving the country, but only his core base will continue to accept that. Rhetoric and excuses don't put food on the table.
The cycle of people protesting; politicians not doing shit; conditions getting worse... has been stuck on loop for decades. Yelling and holding signs isn't going to cut it. Until oppressing becomes a significant mortal liability, the oppression will continue.
I would argue the next step that would really make a difference is economic warfare, such as ceasing purchases of any nonessential goods, and a national general strike. That would have a dramatic effect.
In the meantime, the best option is to organize in your local community to lay the groundwork for such a thing to happen.
Cheers for sharing that!
On this week's John Oliver he ended with a brief segment about messages from people in government positions saying how past protests have encouraged their belief that they were doing the right thing by resisting. Just holding signs won't fix everything, but it isn't nothing.
100%, but is that actually helpful?
Our gold is being hoarded away from us and our livestock ravaged every night: we don't need to encourage the town blacksmith (we've tried that - he's worthless), we need to slay the fucking dragon.
So the question is - who will be in Gandalf's company of dwarves (+1 hobbit)?
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Albuquerque
Chicago
That sign is amazing.
Orlando
Portland Oregon
Charlotte
Providence, Rhode Island
Denver
DC
Port Townsend, WA
Olympia, WA
Albany
Doylestown
Santa Cruz
Eugene Oregon
Grand Junction
Houston
Atlanta
March in Philly
Thanks for sharing all these pics. It does help to remind we're not alone, and that other people are willing to take action, and need us to take action.
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NC did the Elon has got to go chant, but I didn’t hear the other one.
I like to think “No kings on President’s Day” is sung out like “No sleep til Brooklyn”
We filled the entire square around the govs mansion. Easily 1000 people, probably 2k.
Roanoke, VA
Christiansburg, VA We have a weekly protest outside of the Trump store
Medford
Boston
Austin
Jersey
Thousands were out here in Sacramento. Pretty loud at times. They had some issues with their sound system though.
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