Let us all acknowledge that we're watching America's descent into fascism and doing nothing about it.
Watch your Democratic leaders in Congress stand by and do nothing but complain and appease.
There will always be the would-be fascists in society, that's a constant.
Whether or not there are leaders to oppose them varies. Or do we have to wait until the only opposition option is open war?
No one in this country has the ability to care about anything at all anymore that isn't directly necessary for survival unless you're a millionaire (and we all know which side they're on). The result is that it makes the individually rational choice to keep your head down and just deal with it. We are at the brink, and there is just no other option than to watch in horror and pray you aren't affected.
Note that as we speak, AI is replacing junior roles and c-suites are bragging about doing layoffs because of it. There are zero restrictions to it's use in the workplace, and it will only get better at taking your work, year over year, while paying zero taxes.
You're being distracted by anxiety over immigrants, whose entry is limited, and who, well, do pay taxes.
They're making a lot of money in the stock market due to their position, they won't jeopardize it.
Democrats across multiple state legislatures have retaliated against republican state gerrymandering.
Eh, Democrats crapped their pants in Texas. Crapped their pants in March. Haven’t yet excised Biden elements who straight up lied to the electorate from the party. The Constitution is being shredded, yet you wouldn’t know it from the generic ballot [1].
Bring back the Bull Moose Party. Between the death of conservatism in the GOP and the loss of a backbone outside the left among Democrats, there is room-maybe a need—for a Teddy in our politics.
[1] https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/state-of-the-union/ge...
That's something you can do right now, and encourage others to do with very little impact on your day to day.
Then, go to protests. Protests are best when they're non-violent and massive. These send the message to the people in power because in the end they are nothing but other people. Courage is contagious, get out, bring friends.
Then call your reps, you may not think they are listening, but they are. Call them at the local, state, and federal level and tell them what you think. Encourage your friends to do the same.
Boycott companies that kowtow to this administration. I've been boycotting Amazon for ages so that wasn't tough but social media and corporate media and a lot of these tech companies and a lot of other companies are run my megalomaniac out of touch narcissists who will bend the knee before risking their profits. Simply take the hit and stop using their products. Encourage friends to do the same.
It's not too late. Don't let them make you think it is. We are not 1937 Germany yet. Push back now. Small actions done in concert have real world effects.
Then... take the news off your phone and go outside and get some sun and make sure to take care of yourself.
All they can do is talk. And filibuster in the Senate. And they did filibuster the budget.... And the Trump administration has updated web pages with statements that explictly blame the Democrats for the current shutdown. And mandated OOO messages from furloughed agencies contain language blaming the Democrats.
Do you want Democrats in Congress to resort to violence? I don't think ends the way you want...
Obstruct. Shamelessly.
Governors should be arresting ICE agents illegally detaining their citizens. Democrat states generate federal tax surpluses—gum up those payments. Filibuster everything. You know, the stuff the GOP does.
Who exactly?
The roughly 40 million people registered with the party? Or th 8,000 Democrats holding elected office? Or do you specifically mean the 213 Democrats in the US House and the 45 Democrats in the Senate?
Be specific man.
Unfortunately, leaders of both parties are owned by or are identical to the wealthy donor class. The two parties are just different factions of the donor class.
> "The guidance is likely to raise due process and privacy concerns in light of the Trump administration's recent attempts to deport pro-Palestinian students. The attempts have faced legal challenges."
By "faced legal challenges" they should write they were ruled unconstitutional.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/judge-william-youngs-ruling-agains... ("[T]his Court rules that here the Plaintiffs have shown that Secretaries Noem and Rubio are engaged in a mode of enforcement leading to detaining, deporting, and revoking noncitizens’ visas solely on the basis of political speech, and with the intent of chilling such speech and that of others similarly situated. Such conduct is not only unconstitutional, but a thing virtually unknown to our constitutional tradition.")
The Supreme Court is more defined by acts of Congress than by the Constitution. The Constitution is ultimately what the Congress says it is.
fabian2k•41m ago
So only conservative ideas deserve protection?
sjsdaiuasgdia•39m ago
Wilhoit's Law continues to be an accurate lens.
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We seem to be doing our best to run there as fast as possible.
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Edit: with NSPM-7 you can sorta see the angle they are likely to push. With a lot of the oppositional views to the government being labelled as promoting terrorism and violence.
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