Everyday Americans with little power on our own are stepping up. Republicans are refusing to do town halls in their own districts because even their constituents are showing up and yelling at them. Congressional voice mailboxes are routinely full and people are writing letters and emails. Last Saturday, there were 1300+ protests with like 1,000,000 people taking to the streets. And that was just the first one. There’s a lot more people who support the protests but didn’t hear about them ahead of time or couldn’t make it (for whatever reason; work, disabilities, childcare, etc.).
The problem now isn’t with “Americans” writ large. It’s spineless leadership. And not just “leadership” in the sense of corrupt elected officials and judges. I also mean major university presidents and law firm partners that capitulated rather than fight back. Business leaders not speaking out (anonymous quotes in the Financial Times or Wall Street Journal isn’t speaking out; they’re like $400 a year and most people don’t know how to get around paywalls). Religious leaders — white evangelical Protestant ones, anyway — failing in every possible way. Retired generals (or anyone else who swore an oath to the constitution) should be livid.
Maybe now that he tanked the global economy and is fucking with rich people’s money, there will be more resistance from so-called “elites” but I’m not holding my breath waiting for them to stop being cowards and protecting their own asses. But regular people are doing what we can.
Everyday Americans with little power on our own are stepping up. Republicans are refusing to do town halls in their own districts because even their constituents are showing up and yelling at them. Congressional voice mailboxes are routinely full and people are writing letters and emails. Last Saturday, there were 1300+ protests with like 1,000,000 people taking to the streets. And that was just the first one. There’s a lot more people who support the protests but didn’t hear about them ahead of time or couldn’t make it (for whatever reason; work, disabilities, childcare, etc.).
The problem now isn’t with “Americans” writ large. It’s spineless leadership. And not just “leadership” in the sense of corrupt elected officials and judges. I also mean major university presidents and law firm partners that capitulated rather than fight back. Business leaders not speaking out (anonymous quotes in the Financial Times or Wall Street Journal isn’t speaking out; they’re like $400 a year and most people don’t know how to get around paywalls). Religious leaders — white evangelical Protestant ones, anyway — failing in every possible way. Retired generals (or anyone else who swore an oath to the constitution) should be livid.
Maybe now that he tanked the global economy and is fucking with rich people’s money, there will be more resistance from so-called “elites” but I’m not holding my breath waiting for them to stop being cowards and protecting their own asses. But regular people are doing what we can.