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Fancy idea, how about power to the people... (feddit.org)

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 6 days ago (28 children)

I sit here sadly recalling similar pictures of Bush II vs. anti-war protests.

Afghanistan still got fucked. Iraq still got fucked. Our privacy rights got fucked. And the Republican plan to divide and conquer continued apace.

I am happy we got out there yesterday. I am worried just like last time we will let them get away with it.

[–] [email protected] 110 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Could we not? Let's celebrate yesterday's achievement. We had a day where Idaho, fucking Idaho, filled their capitol. It remained peaceful so trump couldn't do a military coup as well. Let's take the win.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I want the win to mean something. The only concern that I think is valid so far is that there do not appear to be (m)any elected officials backing any policy in specific tandem with these protests.

I just don't want to see popular sentiment and political movement crash out into nothingness and a backlash like Occupy Wall Street.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Read this for info about the purpose of the recent protests within the greater resistance.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Thanks for posting this.

For the would-be dictator, success depends on projecting power and creating an aura of inevitability. They need you to believe that Trump is the new normal, that the MAGA movement will be in power for the long haul, that the only rational move is to go along, keep your head down, and protect your own interests.

In short, it requires a countless number of people in a countless number of places to do something that the Trump regime doesn’t want them to do, or to NOT do something the Trump regime wants them to do. That’s how we shake off the aura of inevitability and halt the autocratic breakthrough.

For that to happen, people need to feel like we’re part of something bigger. We need to understand that we’re part of a movement. We need to feel like we will win.

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