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New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history
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this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2025
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I don't think their hand is really that strong, as much as they've been trying to convince people it is. Their media is powerful, the image they project is powerful. They have convinced us to fear of a massively powerful military-backed surveillance state, as we should, but is that really something they can achieve? Only with a lot more apathy and cowing to authority than they're actually going to get, I think. Americans (and even the military is made up of Americans) are an unruly bunch at the best of times, and the powers that be might think they have enough money and enough security in place to protect them as their popular support dwindles and the MAGA wave they rode to power begins to realize that these authoritarians are not giving them back "muh freedumbs" like they promised but are in fact taking more of them away. As the famous quote goes, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." The regime has been ignoring and laughing at protests like 50501 and No Kings. They will have to fight eventually. Would the current regime survive more LA riots? Vietnam war protests? Another million man march? Probably. That's obviously what they're preparing for, as they should. But how far are they actually going to be able to go? And how far will the resistance go? I agree, we'll see once the cards are all on the table. But I think there's still plenty of room for hope that the actual future isn't going to be as bleak as it may seem right now.