All while being lead by a convicted felon and pedophile.
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Don't forget draft dodger and possible accessory to a baby's murder.
I really hope he overextends the military, and a draft is required. That might be the only thing that will piss off people enough to get them away from the TV and do something.
I'd doubt it but I admire your optimism
Hey America, could you, like, do something about your fascist dictator please? He's getting really 4th reich-y
Nah, they're busy doubling down on the fact that they let a moron rapist into office and blaming the party and system for their life's choices. Smh. It's only year two.
We're still on year one....
I think we're all still holding out hoping that the midterms this year can somehow fix this, if not it's either about to get real End-of-the-USSR-y or real Tienanmen-Square-y.
In the meantime, support the DNC vocally, that's the best we can do for now.
support the DNC vocally
Why should we support the DNC when the leadership of the DNC is supporting Trump's war crimes?
Read the responses from Jeffries and Schumer- they aren't the opposition party, they are manufacturing consent for this 'military operation'.
If we actually want to change the situation we need to fix the DNC, not blindly support it.
I think we’re all still holding out hoping that the midterms this year
The last time he lost elections he incited an insurrection. He practically admitted Elon cheated for him in 2024. He's gerrymandering across the country. He doesn't give a shit about the law. He will never willingly loosen his grip on power. By all means keep up the fight at the midterms but it will not save you. He will never leave that office or give up power while he's alive.
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End-of-the-USSR-y
Definitely not. That was relatively peaceful and harmless, even though it took barely a decade to get another dictator.
Tienanmen-Square-y
Much more likely. Aren't they already deploying the military against their own citizens?
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Next nationwide 50501 protest is Jan 20th.
I have no doubt that, in addition to the spontaneous protests on Saturday, there are many more demonstrations whose planning has been kicked into high gear by the events of this weekend.
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In the end, the US empire listed about 250 years. Maybe they stumble along shitting themselves for another 50 years, but this is likely the beginning of the end considering they've destroyed any trust with other powers for generations, and done so right at the time when they needed this ethical narrative to constrain China's dominance. Like many other empires they became arrogant and shit all over everyone else, and eventually the knives come out.
250, maybe 300 years. Pretty mid, to be honest. Just average. Not really the powerful and unique exemplar they envisioned, just a standard run of the mill power that let the success get to their heads.
Let's not give everyone a pass by saying he's a dictator. Trump is backed by scores of powerful Republicans who could've stopped this, and by tens of millions of MAGA cultists who are cheering everything he does.
But that’s true of virtually every dictator. You don’t get to be a dictator without a plethora of yes-men who are willing to implement the whims of the dictator without question. Dictators need True Believers to implement their plans, and oppress any opposition. That’s a basic facet of any dictatorship.
And don't forget about the corrupt military that does what dear leader says, instead of what the laws and oaths demand.
He's backed by billionaires and corporations
Okay.
So these protests, obviously, didn't do anything, as expected.
Can you start doing general, country-wide strikes to hit the Cheeto where it hurts? No violence needed,and let's hope that stays that way, but you gotta do more than just hold up a disagreement sign at this point.
Don't think it matters, unless the stock market took a tumble.
The stock market is largely a fiction now.
Layoffs at 2008/09 levels yet the economy keeps going higher cuz of "AI". It's all bullshit these days
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Hey, you don't throw a 250th anniversary party every year. You have to make sure it's a BIG one.
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If Americans can't organise a general strike when their president goes rogue and kidnaps another president illegally, when are they going to? I'm done holding out expecting Americans to deal with their bullshit. Were all going to need to be the ones
I don't think the USA has ever done a general strike. We can barely manage a boycott. I don't think there is anyone who could possibly lead it. No one here has that kind of respect and charisma. Maybe Obama could? But that's not our tradition to have former Presidents continue to be political leaders — just fund raisers.
Plus we have no protection from retaliation. General strike is just asking everyone to no show. That's a write up or a firing. Goodbye health insurance. Not even any unemployment because that would be getting fired for cause.
Which is a lot of defeatism, I know, but how the fuck do you do it??? .5% participation isn't going to get us anywhere.
That aside, yeah. Don't expect us to do any better than any other historical democracy that voted in an autocrat. Unless someone is going to do us like we did Venezuela, or somehow we manage to have actual, fair elections this year, we're the bad guys going forward. And even then we'll just clap ourselves on the back and sing how awesome our country and forefathers are because we survived someone like Trump and just keep on keeping on like we didn't narrowly avert the end of the nation.
And I guarantee we'll vote in another Republican administration within the next 15 years. We're all (the world) pretty fucked. Let's not do global superpowers any more.
Glad you're at least being honest about this shit. Too many times ppl call for a general strike without understanding what that actually means for the average person and their family.
Who knew in 2026 it would be the beginning of 1939, except this time USA are the bad guys?
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They won't in the end. As long as it's their neighbor getting kidnapped and not them or their family, they are content to complain on social media because it requires minimal effort. The rest of the free world need to sanction the Trump regime and start freezing assets ASAP, otherwise we will all be fighting a war against the fascist states of America.
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Most of us don't have the support for that. Our bills don't stop when we're on strike. Maybe those in unions can do something but the rest of us would be fucked by doing that. I'm certainly not going to ruin my life on the off chance it actual gets that moron to change his ways.
Do you think that freedom fighters throughout history haven't had everything on the line? The American revolutionaries all had padded bank accounts and their bills paid off?
You don’t stop protesting because your lives are shit. You do it because of it.
This is the same tired argument all the boomers use to justify pulling up the ladder behind them on everything from housing to school. Shit in the 60s were far from great, but compare pictures of police then to now, sprinkle in a dash of internet and massive surveillance, and rip out any safety net that could have existed to help you weather the strike. Tell me THEN how you'd be out there risking it all on the chance you might have support. Hell, just thinking back to that one pic of Bernie Sanders being arrested for protesting in the 60s: cops wore uniforms with a helmet and the worst they had were dogs and fire hoses.
tRump knows he can't cancel the elections because of a war. We've had elections during war times. What they are banking on is Martial Law for civil unrest caused by their actions. It's why the keep ratcheting up the pressure. A general strike would be great, but a handful trying, without support, is gonna be a huge waste of those people's time and a death sentence to their potential future.
Propaganda is what they do. This is what the media has shown you all; that Americans are doing nothing and have rolled over for this regime. You won't see political actions by the masses the same way as the Civil Rights Movement. The state has spent the last 60-80 years dismantling the mechanisms to allow it. Those that can are doing whatever they can to fight a system they are chained to. I don't blame those who can't sacrifice it all at this point. Those of us that can afford it, are donating to food banks and community support groups. My family spent more on donations last year than gifts, for instance.
You want proof things are hard for citizens here? Wait till the holiday retail numbers come out. Either the upper-middle class (now just middle-class) saved them from recession indicators or the real economic hardships are about to rear their ugly heads!
My point is, don't believe what you see in media. Believe what you see at protests, retail spending numbers, and first-hand reports from people here. The kegs are primed. This shit is gonna pop off if/when tRump and the Republicans try to alter the election results. They are incompetent as fuck and do stupid shit all the time. They will fuck up and be obvious in their attempts.
The leaders of the American revolution were some of the wealthiest, most powerful, most influential people in the colonies.
It's like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos deciding that Trump's tariffs are costing them too much money so they commit to organizing and overthrowing him, not a bunch of farmers and laborers managing to organize a rebellion
Even farmers own their homes and have means of producing food. We talk about peasant riots. Consider that those peasants had the means of growing their own food (even if they legally couldn't keep it). The colonists could revolt in the "British Colonies" because their families would keep the farm running while they were out training. Who is going to keep our bills paid while we're working with the SRA?
USAmericans are in a near-unbreakable bind because most of us don't have access to resources without the same society that is actively oppressing us. How many of us even own a plot of land to live on, let alone the means to provide food for ourselves? Sure, neighbors can come together and all grow food in our backyards... but that also means more mouths to feed.
Not the same situation at all. The American revolutionaries had the continental congress organizing and funding the war effort. Also it was a lot easier to get back on your feet from being financially destitute back then than it is today where it costs much more to simply exist due to landlords, corporations, and the government all constantly bleeding us for every dollar we make.
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Im glad at least one article is calling it what it is.
becoming a rouge state
It's been a rogue state for 250 years
Britain is that you?
Maybe more applicable (and also a very long article) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change
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Becoming?
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