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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

You guys think that merely walking around in your own time holding up a board and shouting a bit, all focused on the mango puppet instead of the puppet masters, is going to change anything given that there is no single Historical event in the US ever of the lower classes rebelling against and deposit the upper classes (even the Revolution was literally the American plebs led by the American upper class fighting against the English plebs controlled by the English upper class)?!

The murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare had more impact, if only temporary because it wasn't followed by more similar murders.

Even millions of people marching and shouting a bit (and so polite that they do it in their own time) will cause no fear for the elites because that's in no way a warning that the heads of the elites will soon start getting separated from their shoulders if nothing changes.

You need at the very least a General Strike and/or targetting the economic and propaganda interests of the elites (trashing the TV studios of certain channels or certain newspapers would send a powerful message).

I mean, just notice the impact on police violence of the greatest demonstrations in the US - the George Floyd protests: nothing or even worse than nothing as the pigs have never been this violent.

[–] Vreyan31@reddthat.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

Getting average people to the point that they are ready to do something like a general strike is a process.

Most people don't even want to have to go to a protest.

But going to a protests is like anteing up in poker -- it is mentally anchoring people as in the game and publicly taking a side.

And yeah - the fucks in power are going to say "bet".

So now millions of people who are not where we already are, who have not wrestles with this and avoided it as long as they can - they are starting to ask, "ok, what do we actually have to risk to change this? What am I willing to do?"

Will we get enough people actually engaged enough for a general strike? I have no idea.

But I know it won't happen without giving people a ramp-up that includes things like the protest this weekend.

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[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh, nuh-uh! FOX News said it was a lightly attended failure. Who am I gonna believe, FOX:News or every local news sorce, that actually was there, in the country?

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When multiple biggest protests are against your presidency, then you seriously fucked up.

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[–] j_elgato@leminal.space 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah!

Now knock off all that fascism - or we WILL go back out there and do another lap!

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I don't get the rankings. Seems like only earth day had more people.

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

& here come the lies about the protests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4mwJ1sIxt4

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

Finally found something Trump was good at.

[–] frenchfryenjoyer 5 points 2 weeks ago

great job everyone!

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Ok. I'm too chicken shit to actually show up in person to one of these protests.

What's the next best thing I can do to meaningfully help?

[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I get being afraid of going to a protest considering we have police literally saying they’ll just kill people, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get involved with those organizing the protests. See if you can get involved with the organizers of your local protests and ask them what they need for the protests. After all, those signs you see people carrying didn’t make themselves. At the very least you can call your reps and make your voice heard. Even if your reps are dems, make it clear that you want real action, not just talk. You could also talk to the people around you: at work, at the store, family members, etc. Encourage them to call their reps. If your reps aren’t actively making things worse or letting things get worse by doing nothing but fundraise (so most reps) then see if there are efforts to primary any of them and encourage everyone you know to vote in the primaries too

Like I said, I understand being afraid to go to a protest. I am too. But you have to remember that if we don’t stop Trump and a full blown fascist takeover, then things will be much, much worse and much, much harder to change

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