Boomers in about six months:
“But why would Obama do this?”
I was told today that this is “all the dems fault because they haven’t tried to stop him yet”. I can’t imagine how far your head has to be up your own ass to see that viewpoint.
I think that’s the “only Democrats have agency” thing that comes up. When Republicans are horrible shits people are just like yeah they’re horrible but like you don’t blame the bear for doing bear stuff. But everyone else is held to normal human standards
No, you don’t blame the bear. You cage it in a zoo or euthanize it for getting too comfortable around people.
You also don’t vote for the fucking bear and put him in a position of power.
If you got a bear terrorizing your neighborhood, you don’t put him in charge of the HOA.
It’s not all their fault, but by God it’d be nice to see them fight the republicans at least as hard as they fight the leftists in their own party.
I saw a meme the other day that said “Democrats fighting against Progressives,” and showed the terrifying T Rex from the first Jurassic Park movie.
Then it said " Democrats fighting MAGA policies," and it showed Barney.
Authoritarians are masters of compartmentalization. They cannot and will not connect any dots that conflict with their predetermined world view. Their brains do not function rationally and they are incapable of drawing rational conclusions.
There is a great free book on this topic with years of research behind it.
Biden is the new scapegoat.
I mean, a lot of this stuff only kicks in after the midterms, so you will see democrats take the house and suddenly hospitals all over the country will start closing.
but of course.
AOC nailed it calling this bill a deal with the devil.
Usually when you make a deal with the devil you get something.
I mean the billionaires are getting something!
But aren’t they the devil in this analogy?
The deal between the devils. “You get to make them poorer and I’ll make them die sooner. (And we’ll all get richer.)”
Right-wingers are getting the hellscape that they voted for. Sucks for everyone else
It’s gonna suck for them too, in time
Yeah, but that’s what they voted for, I don’t feel bad for them
I’m convinced Trump made a deal with the devil so that he can never be held accountable fir anything
The devil would never make that deal since Trump could break it with impunity.
Death panels are back on the menu
Did they ever leave?
They were privatised.
If ya like learning cool lefty shit and care about the political economy of health, the Death Panel podcast is a nicely chilled refresher in a world thats’s served well done with ketchup.
As is “keep your government hands off my Medicare”
Are we at the point where Americans actually defend their democracy and vulnerable citizens yet? No? Just gonna write up a new protest sign while we wait for more people to die?
They are stealing your country and murdering your neighbours. Wake the fuck up. Organize. Protest. Strike. Resist.
what do you think organizing protesting and striking is if not writing signs
Can’t forget the lovely chants!
(But I get the feeling OC wants something more than protests and strikes. And considering they’re apparently not American, I suggest their rhetoric is not actually in our interests.)
do you remember the police station burning during blm
What did they got out of that, though? Violence without a goal is just as ineffective. I’d argue they bring more harm to the movement than doing nothing. If you have a specific goal you’re trying to achieve, violence could be a legitimately good way to obtain that goal.
You’re asking on .world, where the instance admins take a “both sides are the same” approach in addition to a “no advocating violence” against the established order.
Good luck everyone there. You are going to need it…
If you’re a republican and you’re ever in a position of need and I have to ability to help, I’ll show you the sum total of compassion your political party has and piss on you instead of helping. Don’t be upset I learned it from watching y’all.
When you opt out of the social contract, you don’t get the benefits anymore. Piss is too generous.
100% with you on that one. I’m told that I need to be considerate to them when they start learning the errors of their ways because then they might be allies.
Fuck that. I’ve lived in red states all my life, they hurt and they “turn over a new leaf” for a second, then the second a Democrat has the gall to help them out of the hole they scream communist then go running to the person worse than the last.
I’m done, I’ll help those around me that I can to try to cut down the suffering… but if they voted for this or stayed home, they can rot for all I care.
Be more considerate, allow them to at least cup their hands first . Then they at least have something to sip on
Don’t piss on them if they are on fire though.
Naw. It’s unlikely to put the flames out, but that odor is awful.
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50501 needs to start getting people organized. I went to No King’s Day; it was great, really, genuinely great, except that there was absolutely zero organizing to try and get people to push towards achievable goals. It was literally just “hey, let’s all stand around with signs, that’ll show Donald”. If we want to make a difference, we need to get organized so we can start directing people and their resources and energy towards attainable goals and start demonstrating that we can get shit done.
I agree with all of this.
Not only protests but strikes.
Nationwide. Every industry.
No idea how to make that happen, though.
The leaders of these 50501 events need to start telling people to general strike.
Either that or stop hogging the attention and let a real movement take over that isn’t controlled by establishment dems
Lol there’s your answer
Establishment-supported protests are ineffectual and not producing the desired results? Huh…
Yes, generally these one day protests don’t really accomplish anything. You need protests that don’t end at dinner time, but go on until there is change. In other words: a revolution. But I understand this is not easy to organize in a gigantic country like the US.
Well, it’s especially difficult to organize if you don’t try organizing. I’ve got a mind to start doing so myself if I don’t see anyone organizing at the next one.
That’s exactly what you need to do! What others are saying is true, it needs to be a sustained movement and not just stop at 4pm. Thankfully there were organizing tents at the protests in Denver but I was in my hometown, in West Virginia, for the No Kings protest and there was a good turnout just not the organizing.
These protests are great places to meet like minded individuals and do your own organizing if not one else will. Change will not come with once a month protests, change will come from a large movement of organized individuals. You’re the one here who is closest with the people in your area, start talking to them and making strong connections.
Good luck. I guess it will take people like you to do it, because your political “leaders” aren’t doing shit.
My impression is that 50501 aren’t actually organizing anything, but just providing a one-stop forum for actual, local groups to advertise their events. And maybe a little bit of, “hey, let’s all do something on [this] day.” If you’re not already in a local activist community, it can be hard to find them.
Point being: if you can step up, do step up, but please don’t organize a Fyre Festival.
People should realize a lot of the EXTREMELY LARGE 1-3 day protests, should really just be a means of networking and actually creating more dedicated hardened resistance groups.
The perfect is the enemy of the good. They’re building habits, getting the numbers up. Practicing.
We’re a looooong way from perfect, I’m asking for the bare minimum to achieve meaningful success.
I’ve looked online but I guess I failed my search checks, because I didn’t find anything big in NYC.
But also like others have said, we need to do more than just march. We need to be disruptive. No more labor until every Republican resigns. That kind of thing.
Yeah, that last protest – the biggest ever in the US wasn’t it? – did so much.
Protesting is what got you here. And they want you to keep protesting uselessly while they continue to take apart America.
Depends on where you think this is all going: Reaganomics or Genocide.
If it is Genocide you shouldn’t be discussing this, and should be forming resistance cells.
If you think it’s Reagonomics, visible protests can help form mutual aid networks and a collective action front that increases solidarity and save lives.
Two different approaches depending on where you think things are heading.
“Some of you will die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make”
I am not looking forward to seeing elderly people living on the streets after a medical issue causes them to lose their house. I don’t think many will last long living outdoors.
From Obama-care to Republi-kill.
The rich get richer while the poor get fucked over and out.
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Where else is the 1 trillion dollars tax cut for the rich comes from.
30% of those affected probably don’t even believe in modern healthcare e.g. their patron saint RFKjr
