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Er... There have been numerous protests and outrage at GOP townhalls and other places
The public is mostly powerless as long as the regime is willing to point and use firearms. thats their go-to card.
you can bet that the regime is also planning on giving out military equipment for fighting against crowds too, tear gas, firehoses, and microwave / sonic weapons like what was seen in Serbia recentley.
Hate to break it to you, but our police have been militarized with military gear for decades. During the massive George Floyd protests in 2020, the police used all of those weapons against crowds (except microwave, but they definitely used some type of sonic/sound crowd control weapons).
Learn with the french
Do you have any numbers? Because the numbers for the 50501 protests seem really small to me as a German.
Props to those who organize and participate of course!
I'm going to quote a previous comment of mine from ~ a month or so ago.
I know the US is different than Europe, that's why I mentioned my POV.
And I still don't really understand it, because the numbers are really very different. Oklahoma City (without the metropolitan area) is about as big as my as my hometown Bremen. We just had protests because our chancellor-to-be collaborated with the fascist party - we were about 1500 people, with about 24 hours notice. Big protests are up to 25000-50000 people. And as you said, other protests in the US were way bigger.
So I don't think "time for preparation" is an important factor, especially as it is not really a surprise that Trump became president and is doing shitty things. Unless protests in the US are more complicated for some reason I don't see yet?
From an outside perspective, I would guess it's more about work culture - people being burnt out, no protections from getting fired. This might lead to less of a protest culture culture overall maybe. Which is also weird, because the US also has seen some very well known and successful protest movements.
Bonus: current Hollwood movies always seem to make it a point that the protagonist is very much trying to not get involved. I wonder what that says about the (current) culture in the US.
Time to prepare is very important because we have crap labor laws. It can be very hard for people to get time off work and missing a day can be very painful. For folks living paycheck to paycheck, missing a day of pay means missing a rent payment or not being able to afford food. In a lot of jobs, time off is very limited, even for illness, and is highly likely to be unpaid.
The robber barons have done an extremely good job at nailing our bootstraps in the pits of Tartarus through debt and indenture.
I get that, thats why I was referencing a prior comment as an example.
Worker protections are one thing - living paycheck to paycheck is another. Taking a day off work for some is the same as quitting, and they literally can't survive without a paycheck. Because a sick day isn't necessarily covered, they could be hourly. They could be considered part time. Lots of possibilities.
Let's stick with Oklahoma for a minute though - Oklahoma City is pretty republican to start. Its even more republican than its neighboring cities. So let's say youre in Bremen, and about 60% - right off the top - were in support of the AfD collaboration. I don't think the CDU+AfD have that kind of support in Bremen, but maybe I'm wrong, I think its closer to 25% or so?
Most people there are not college educated - 2/3rds. The bulk of the support for the protest would have been (based on voting data) people who are middle income, educated, living in the suburbs. People who could also lose their jobs for showing up at a protest if one of their coworkers found out, because yes, worker protections have been systemically eroded.
And yet, that area still got a few hundred people out on short notice.
I'd call that a win.
I haven't looked into hard numbers, I just know there have been various protests around the country on an almost weekly basis. They definitely should be bigger, but due to the enormous size of the US, our shitty city/suburban design, our shitty public transport systems, and most people barely living check to check, organizing and executing massive protests is quite difficult.
German population density map: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Population_density_in_Germany.png
U.S. population density map: https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:US_population_map.png
1 square mile is about 2.6 square km, so 2500 people in one square km is about 6500 people per square mile.