I’ll go
- I’m not alone.
- Trump:
Declares martial law
Or
Has defied court orders
Or
Has committed violence against government officials
Or
Dissolved all other branches of government
There is probably more but these are ones that come to mind.
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Deleted my responses. I asked for honest opinions. I’m not here to call balls and strikes.
Other people actually giving a damn enough to do something other than post about it. I protested in the past and absolutely nobody gave a shit and it had zero effect. I don’t even think the protest was covered on the news.
I suspect that for any average American (or even a single digit percentage of them) to bother getting involved things are going to have to get extremely bad.
I volunteer to be a part of the barrier troops for the 1%ers, politicians, CEOs, landlords, and employers. These people should all drafted for front line combat. It’s their nation after all. Not mine, which is painfully obvious as I am forced to be exploited by all of these people for the privilege of living in their country.
I just want them to be good patriots and for them to die for their country. No retreat! No surrender. Not a single step backwards while I’m on watch. Or else…
I’ve heard each CEO is worth 500+ times the amount of working class people. Shouldnt need to many of those super soldiers to win every battle right?
The street outside my house is a county road, I don’t think anybody is gonna see me for awhile.
I need to get:
An M40 gas mask and spectacle insert
A bullet-resistant helmet
A burner phone
That’s about it, really.
I’ve already taken to the street in protest, starting eight years ago. Anyone who hasnt yet either isn’t going to or is just now coming of age.
Same. I was there for the Women’s march, there for BLM, after George Floyd, and most recently for the 50501 (which was surprisingly well attended despite it’s quick set-up). Let me know if there’s another one, and I’ll be there too. All it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.
I’m waiting for the 2A nutjobs to realize this is the moment they’ve been fantasizing about their entire pathetic lives.
Guess I shouldn’t hold out for them.
They are cowards. Trump being their man is enough to keep them in line.
Spent their lives toting big guns, but all they ever really wanted was a big man to call Daddy.
Some Americans in this thread seems to think this will all blow past while they sit comfortably in their homes.
It won’t. Your passivity is exactly what the Republicans depend on. Posting online won’t save you. You need to take your actions out in the real world.
There’s not one correct course of action, but don’t get fooled into inaction. Whether you’re a peaceful protester, run for local office, or do a Luigi I won’t get myself involved with. Just don’t mistake online activity for activism. And don’t think you’re powerless, that’s how they win.
Probably: getting laid off due to collapsing economy.
I’ll be honest (please don’t judge me):
I’m scared to protest. My brother got a bit aggressive last night and I felt so scared, I can’t imagine seeing the streets full of fascist pigs (cops), my fight or flight response will probably make me freeze or run away. If I ever protest I’ll be the first ones to get arrested/tortured/killed. I don’t know if I’ll ever find the courage to do it. I’m dealing with severe depression, and I don’t think I can even handle the stress.
If I joined protests, I could also face backlash from the Chinese American community, because I’m sure some are gonna be like “why are you trying to paint a target on our backs” (especially the first generation immigrants), because that’d be my mother’s reaction. Remember than Chinese American support for the democratic candidate is not as high as Black Americans’ 90+%, I think its more like 50% to 60%. Some don’t even vote. I would feel like the “odd one out” which would further discourage me in protesting.
But, I think there might be one scenario that I would feel empowered to take a stand. If trump declared Chinese Americans (or just Asian Americans broadly) as enemies of the state, I think my parent’s would probably be supportative of me joining the protests. I think the peer support from my fellow Chinese Americans and solidarity, would make me feel like I’m not just alone in this. I would feel safer since I’m part of a bigger group, I would feel like my part in the protest would feel more meaningful, because protesting alone feels like my efforts are in vain. On top of that, it’d also be a lot harder to identify me. Imagine being the only [insert racial group here] person to attend a protest, they’d find you and jail you so quick. Imagine like 1/5th of Chinese Americans protested. Good luck identifying 1 Million people. (Also better if other Asian Americans of similar skin tones attended, that’d make surveillance much more difficult)
It will take the protests being armed.
Because if the protests aren’t armed, they’re not going to accomplish anything. There will be no change if the wealthy class isn’t made to live in fear of the public.
Strike power is real power
True, but in America, you’re far more likely to get an armed protest than a general strike.
Sign a strike card generalstrikeus.com
Elect Luigi as President
Calm yourself Mario, Luigi tried & failed
Implying he’s in the hole and will never see the light of day again when his trial hasn’t even started
tried and failed
He literally shot the guy three times in the head lol
Maybe he means failed to enact meaningful change? I don’t much had changed internally for insurance companies other than getting a legal basis to stamp out any vocal dissent as a “threat”.
Change will come much quicker when protest groups ditch peaceful protest and show up armed, en masse, with AR-15’s.
Guaranteed.
Don’t count him out yet. Change is slow. I know we’re used to hearing about revolutions in the aftermath, with the whole complete story. We’re living one now, and it’ll go slowly at first.
For this he is scum.
The guy that killed the blood sucking parasite who got richer denying critical care to insured patients after they’d paid his company tens of thousands of dollars?
Sounds like a hero to me.
No he’s trash.
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literally anyone asks me to set up my grill at the protest. I’m down.
When republicans realize the massive fuck up they created and join the protest as well. Otherwise no protest will matter. You’d need a Luigi miracle realistically
Luigi didn’t solve anything. He’s barely ever mentioned anymore. All he did was empower corporations to become more corrupt.
All he did was empower corporations to become more corrupt.
Oh whatever. They didn’t need an excuse to be that way.
You think him not being mentioned is a coincidence? I think it’s mainstream media doing damage control to reel in their prior reporting. Since he was at large for a while his face and later his name was EVERYWHERE. In cases of mass shootings the shooter is almost never mentioned or named anymore. There’s a reason for that
Media plays a big part in encouraging copycats looking for their weeks of infamy. In the past it used to be serial killers, then years ago it was mass shootings, and thanks to the instant stardom they gave Luigi the near future could very well be more assassinations.
Right or wrong his success was demonstrating that being rich doesn’t mean someone is untouchable.
His plea was entered just the other day
He invades Canada.
Sorry yall but I left America so I’m hoping you can sort out your own shit.
Chronic pain and non-typical sensory needs will pretty much forever keep me from marching or protesting. That and the number of times I’ve been “disrupted” or “inconvenienced” because “that’s the point of protest and if you don’t get that then you’re clearly part of the problem”, only to have nothing change in the long run after said protest, I’m not willing to put my limited physical and mental resources on the line for “maybes” and “hopefullys”.
