"The MAGA court made their decision to gut voting rights just in the nick of time for Louisiana Republicans to postpone the scheduled primaries to slice and dice voting maps."
lol it’s easy to sit from outside and go “do something” when in reality you would never lift a finger in violence against your government because unless you have nothing left to lose, it’s not a winning bet
Have you seen how the French reacted to the raising of retirement age? They literally threw a bathtub through their executives home window. Americans should be dragging politicians through the streets by their entrails with all the shit that’s been happening but they willingly just keep letting it happen with no actual recourse.
I agree, they should be taking more direct action to confront their leaders. America is nothing compared to France in terms of protests. They have grills that are built to slide onto the metro tram rails so they can feed the protestors as they move down the street, since they do it so much.
I’m just saying the OP brought up 2A, and that’s a pretty final solution that there’s no coming back from if you go that route. Protest is one thing, assassination with firearms is a completely different thing.
Luckily I think America still has many disruptive, non-assassination-based responses left. We’re quickly careening towards that point, but I think we’re still decently far away from all out violence like that. To be honest I don’t think it’ll ever get to that point in the MAGA time period. I really really hope I’m right.
I’m openly wondering why, in a country with a law that was designed to literally protect the people from tyranny (which I think cancelling elections counts) nobody is doing anything.
Exactly, everyone is still too comfortable to take such drastic action. That’s fortunate because it means society hasn’t broken down to the point of people starving and what not (which I don’t think it’ll ever get to that point in the near term). But it’s unfortunate that everyone is still too comfortable to take action.
Actually, millions of people are taking action in protests, petitions, local referendums, etc. but not many people want to take the most drastic action as they have too much to lose (e.g. their life). I want the regime to fall and face real justice without violence, but the regime is pushing everyone to get violence so they can crack down even harder against any dissent. We’re speedrunning to Putin’s playbook.
lol it’s easy to sit from outside and go “do something” when in reality you would never lift a finger in violence against your government because unless you have nothing left to lose, it’s not a winning bet
Have you seen how the French reacted to the raising of retirement age? They literally threw a bathtub through their executives home window. Americans should be dragging politicians through the streets by their entrails with all the shit that’s been happening but they willingly just keep letting it happen with no actual recourse.
I agree, they should be taking more direct action to confront their leaders. America is nothing compared to France in terms of protests. They have grills that are built to slide onto the metro tram rails so they can feed the protestors as they move down the street, since they do it so much.
I’m just saying the OP brought up 2A, and that’s a pretty final solution that there’s no coming back from if you go that route. Protest is one thing, assassination with firearms is a completely different thing.
“Violence isn’t the answer, until it’s the only answer left”
Luckily I think America still has many disruptive, non-assassination-based responses left. We’re quickly careening towards that point, but I think we’re still decently far away from all out violence like that. To be honest I don’t think it’ll ever get to that point in the MAGA time period. I really really hope I’m right.
I’m not directing people to go do something.
I’m openly wondering why, in a country with a law that was designed to literally protect the people from tyranny (which I think cancelling elections counts) nobody is doing anything.
Because the people who worship guns the most support the tyrants.
The hierarchy of needs is being met sufficiently that going against the system providing them is scary, especially when you’re likely to die doing it.
Same reason the bear runs when the cat chases it. Not worth the fight.
I’m not saying this is how I believe, just this is what I believe the general reason is.
Exactly, everyone is still too comfortable to take such drastic action. That’s fortunate because it means society hasn’t broken down to the point of people starving and what not (which I don’t think it’ll ever get to that point in the near term). But it’s unfortunate that everyone is still too comfortable to take action.
Actually, millions of people are taking action in protests, petitions, local referendums, etc. but not many people want to take the most drastic action as they have too much to lose (e.g. their life). I want the regime to fall and face real justice without violence, but the regime is pushing everyone to get violence so they can crack down even harder against any dissent. We’re speedrunning to Putin’s playbook.