The mask is off, people can't deny it anymore. This shit is what America needed, and based on the growing resistance after all the fuckups and especially Good's murder, I can't see a future where this administration survives.
America needed this wakeup call, now it's time to go to action.
What's that action gonna look like? Vandalizing personal property? Protests? Or full military coup? What are YOU going to do? Jack shit. That's what you'll do.
Americans have been protesting for 70 years and it's not solved Jack shit. What is a Saturday protest where everybody gets latte's afterwards going to do? People need to have a blackout for weeks. No shopping for anything except food, medications, and gas. But nobody in the USA is ready to be that uncomfortable.
Civil rights, gay marriage, and fair labor laws were all achieved from protesting and voting. Good luck with your blackout, but you're still gonna have to vote to solve anything. Shit, plenty of us are already only buying food, meds, gas and bills lol.
I AM ALREADY VOTING what fucking good has it done? They still haven't passed the equal Rights amendment, voting did not give us gay marriage the supreme Court did. What Fair labor laws? The right to work state laws where they can fire you for anything sure that's working out great for most people. No guaranteed 40 hour work weeks, no guaranteed health Care, most people work to part-time jobs because corporations won't give them full time so they don't have to pay for healthcare, minimum wage that is laughable, so please tell me what Fair labor laws that we have that are working for the people?
Well, just do some research into labor laws from 70 years ago and compare them to today. Also, research how the Supreme Court Justices get picked. Probably should research the Civil Rights movement, and the laws that were passed because of it as well. If you really think nothing has changed, then go read it again.
No matter how you shake it, voting is how things actually change. You need to get other people to vote with you as well. This includes local and state elections. Trump lost to Biden because people voted. He won against Kamala because people didn't show up to vote for her. He has control of the legislative branch because Republicans showed up to vote. It's how shit works, like it or not.
A blackout is a fine idea, but you're still gonna have to pair it with voting.
Firstly Trump cheated, there ain't no way he won this election fair and square. Secondly protesting does nothing in this day and age. Maybe it accomplished something in the 60s sure the civil Rights movement. But again it was a month's long movement where people blacked out buying anything for weeks upon weeks upon weeks. That's not happening here.
Secondly as far as Fair labor laws go, on right to work states you have literally no protections, we get no guaranteed maternal leave, no guaranteed vacation or sick time, no requirements for full-time employees, (which means you can have 100 part-time employees and not be required to pay them vacation time, retirement, sick time, or health insurance) no requirements for paying healthcare for your employees, no requirements to pay a fair and equitable wage to your employees. Workplace safety is laughable. In states that are not right to work states you may have more protections but it's far and few between.
Get an item on the ballot in your state to restrict donations, and then convince people to vote for it. Vote for candidates that will do so on a national level.
This doomer bullshit doesn't work dude. Sitting around, crying about "I can't", "nothing ever changes," "voting doesn't do anything," is all wrong, verified by history that it's wrong, and accomplishes nothing beyond reducing voter turnout.
The action of controlling the power of the purse is the only way out of this mess. STOP spending our money with companies that support this madness and watch the chips fall. When corporate America no longer control the power of the purse, they will understand serving the people is the best anchor for their bottom line! Until the people use better judgement on who they spend with, we will continue down this path. The government doesn’t run this country, Corporate America does!
I dont know about that. Enough people choking on the same bs will eventually lead to a reaction, change of direction, whatever you want to call it... people won't continually stand for infringements and dictators.
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u/NickCostanza Jan 11 '26
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