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[–] LostWon 31 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Cool. I just hope your leaders take the hint. Maybe now that they're getting directly threatened they'll show their true colours. Either they stand up for themselves as they see their colleagues start to get attacked (at events or in their own homes), or they cower and come to heel. (Sadly, I have little faith most politicians in most countries these days will do much if it's not their own hides at risk.)

Incidentally, something weird is going on with that list. I'm not sure how the ordering works but much more important, it says only "500,000" for the protests over George Floyd even though one of the references says 15-26 million over the entire course of that movement.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm afraid this may not be enough. One who is so deep in their delusions isn't so easily brought back to reality, if they ever can be.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This isn't the first large nationwide protest of his second term and it won't be the last. For instance, the Hands Off ones in April were number 6 on that list. They're getting larger and there is already planning for the next nationwide ones. Or more broadly, here's the cumulative number of protests including smaller ones too

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

Yeah I'm afraid the US and all its allies are marching straight into another set of wars and the consequences they'll bring. Apparently we're all the baddies now

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

great job everyone!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (11 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?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Earth Day needs to keep happening too.

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