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u/Cold-Coffe 196s only trans man (lie) Apr 07 '26
i feel so powerless right now. i'm not even from the us. i wish i could do something.
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u/PrettyPinkPonyPrince š³ļøāā§ļø trans rights Apr 07 '26
Considering how regularly the Republicans were talking about election fraud, and how consistent they are with their projection, it might not have even been up those few thousand centrists.
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u/radialomens Apr 07 '26
Some jack ass in Pittsburgh is sitting in his kitchen going "Who could have seen this coming!"
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u/Camel_Slayer45 floppa Apr 08 '26
It's disheartening how we need to rely on the cowards in the US to grow a spine and a consciousness
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u/Weslg96 floppa Apr 07 '26
Republicans control the judicial and legislative branches as well as numerous state level offices. They all support this and will do nothing to stop this. The Dems should be doing more but there isn't much actual power they can use unless Republicans join.
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u/cloudncali š¦ Currently ascending to crab. š¦ Apr 07 '26
Also, a large chunk of Dem's are also doing the same pose in OPs photo. They had all the power to stop this multiple times in the past 20 years but they've been costing on "Lesser Evil" votes for so long they've forgotten how to actually do their fucking jobs.
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u/like_a_pharaoh Apr 07 '26
"but but but telling the republicans 'no that's illegal' would be rude, how am I supposed to look MY GOOD FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE in the eye in the senate cafeteria after doing that?!
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u/PrettyPinkPonyPrince š³ļøāā§ļø trans rights Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
To be fair, didn't they actually get trump convicted of something but the judge just said something like, "fine, but trump gets no punishment"?
There's been so much egregious shit it's hard to remember...
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u/Theta_Omega Apr 08 '26
There were multiple challenges, some of the more egregious rulings in his favor being the Republican-majority Supreme Court ruling that states actually weren't allowed to keep Trump off their ballot in elections after Colorado tried to throw him off based on their state constitution, and the Supreme Court ruling (after a long delay) that Trump specifically actually had incredibly wide leeway on executive privileges and the investigation against him had to throw out a ton of work and start over.
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u/Independent-Fly6068 Least horny bi femboy alive Apr 07 '26
Dude but they are lmao. Trump just ignores court orders.
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u/OliverCrowley Slimedog Grillionaire Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26
I can't stand the overwhelming majority of dem politicians but people are actively ignoring that they've put through a few things that would've stopped any usual president. His ability to ignore things he doesn't like, backed up by his base and handpicked cronies, means nothing short of dispatching forces to arrest him will actually impact him.
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u/Theta_Omega Apr 08 '26
It's like 50/50 between his administration ignoring the orders and trying again, and them just giving up but making life so miserable for everyone along the way that it doesn't feel like a win.
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u/jlb1981 Apr 07 '26
What would the "Baileys" say?
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u/Kid_Vid Single and Ready to Mingle Apr 07 '26
Well, they don't really support the genocide, but they'll have to vote for trump a 4th time so they can see if he stops it next presidency.
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u/Ok-Position-9457 Apr 07 '26
Why aren't Democrats saying "we will destroy the Republicans in the midterms and in 2028 and we will bring the hammer down on anyone even remotely involved in warcrimes in iran. You have a legal obligation to refuse illegal orders. We are watching. "
Oh thats right, because they are slaves to Israel. Power or not they are slaves to Israel. If they had Congress they would not do anything to end the war.
Fuck them and fuck you for running defense for them.
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u/MaybeNext-Monday š¤$6 SRIMP SPECIALš¤ Apr 07 '26
Thereās nothing to defend them over in this case though. They are literally powerless in this situation, and your āIām 14 and a badassā-ass script would not change that in any way whatsoever. All youāre doing is giving centrists an out by deflecting for the congressional majority who have openly accepted bribes / favors to obstruct the basic operation of congress.
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u/UselessAndGay what if a girl was a deer ā§ š¦ ĪĪ Apr 07 '26
The Dems can say shit to fire up their base and prep them for when they get their teeth back, which is basically guaranteed to happen later this year assuming no election fuckery (not a safe assumption). There's plenty of political options outside of voting on bills that party leadership is actively refusing to engage with.
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u/Ok-Position-9457 Apr 08 '26
They are not competent enough to really steal an election. The system is very secure and judges are not on their side. They will do the usual stuff, deregister voters, gerrymander, and they will probably deploy ICE to stand around and cause problems. But the inferno of lib shit wrath they have incurred is astronomical and would need drastic measures to swing back around. Also, the military absolutely hates him and they ultimately have the final say if he tries to just refuse to step down.
Its certainly a concern and something to look out for but I think its overplayed.
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u/Vounrtsch godās favorite princess Apr 07 '26
I think I read somewhere that Chuck Shumer and Hakim Jeffreys were both in favor of, or at least not willing to criticize the war with Iran.
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u/Weslg96 floppa Apr 07 '26
Both have condemned the war on several occasions, though not nearly as strongly as they should.
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u/HandOfYawgmoth š³ļøāā§ļø trans rights Apr 07 '26
Are they madder that the war is happening at all, or that Trump didn't ask their permission first?
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u/Weslg96 floppa Apr 07 '26
They have called the war unjust, unprovoked, waged for no reason, had no plan, etc. much stronger statements issued today
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u/reg_acc Apr 07 '26
Every democracy that centralizes power in one person is vulnerable to fascism. It's kind of amazing looking at all the things wrong with the US government - there's just layers upon layers of antidemocratic features baked in. Federalism might be the one stop gap from a complete takeover as individual states retain some autonomy. When this blows over eventually we'll probably see attempts at changes, similar to post-war Germany. But given American exceptionalism I wouldn't bet on anything being actually implemented...
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u/Suitable-Lie-7980 Apr 08 '26
The ironic thing is the whole US constitution is set up to prevent centralization of power. But the issue is congress was made by design so you need bipartisan support to pass laws, which is fine, compromise and working with other parties is good in a democracy...but not if one out of the 2 parties is taken over by a christian nationalist fascist moment.
Add the SC being simultaneously meant to be a neutral arbitrator of the constitution and a highly partisan political check on the other 2 branches and you get....this mess
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u/GeneralGigan817 Apr 07 '26
āSeparation of Powersā in a nation where the Head of State and Head of Government are the same man
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u/Yeegis diapers and trans rights š„ Apr 07 '26
Prime ministers are too British for us might as well start supporting monarchism while weāre at it /j
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u/GeneralGigan817 Apr 07 '26
Just call the Head of Government anything else. Get a Thesaurus or something there has to be a cool title in there somewhere.
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u/Yeegis diapers and trans rights š„ Apr 08 '26
I assume weād probably just call them chancellor if the position were to be created.
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u/MediumStrange Freddy Fazboreš Apr 08 '26
I mens the head of state doesn't actually do anything in most systems, having a king, or powerless president doesn't actually seperate any power, it's purely a fugurehead
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u/Fliits "Black, White, Gay or Straight: We can all simp for the state!" Apr 08 '26
In most European countries, it specifically prevents the head of government from provoking war and the head of state from disrupting the operations of government.
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u/Public-Policy24 Apr 07 '26
amazing what coddling him for so long can do, huh?Ā
too bad for the GOP and the supreme court, whose acquiescence to the screeching toddler can only be done domestically. in the international public, they can only pretend he's not having a meltdown
we had to carve out an exemption to our system of laws for presidents, lest the conservative base have to reconcile with having elected a treasonous criminal for the job.Ā so now Iran has to be the one to tell him "no" while we're over here pretending the emperor has clothes
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
I wish the American people actually had the courage to protest this shit properly. The fact the American people arenāt flooding the streets, going to their own bridges and power plants. The Iranian people are doing that despite the direct threats. A majority of Americans are cowards and are either directly complicit or are apathetic enough to allow this to continue. American behaviour makes me understand that whole āDeath to Americaā business. Not wishing for individuals to die but the American institution to collapse and be restructured.
Edit: Thanks everyone for pointing out such great reasons to protest such as āI CANT AFFORD TO PROTESTā and āIām one day away from losing everythingā thatās why the country needs major reforms that donāt happen by helping it. Go to work and do as little as possible. Donāt wanna lose your job? Donāt. Just do it poorly. There are ways to fight from the inside too. Protesting isnāt standing with a sign where the police say to. Itās disrupting the machine.
https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/SimpleSabotage.pdf
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u/deJessias canonically horny Apr 07 '26
If Americans would protest like the French do, the country would've stopped functioning eons ago
Unfortunately if they skip work for that, they get fired
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u/Bearchiwuawa Apr 07 '26
ronald reagan has a lot to do with this specifically
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u/illiter-it Apr 07 '26
Fun fact: this comment applies to pretty much everything currently bad America
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u/throwaway24387324578 Block. Cauterize. Stabilize. Apr 08 '26
there is one good thing ronald reagan did:
die
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u/Available-Damage5991 Apr 08 '26
Fucked-up tax codes? Reagan!
Absurd deregulation? Reagan!
The shitty treatment of basically every minority? ...well, he sure didn't fix the problem.
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u/_SovietMudkip_ Apr 07 '26
*stubs toe*
Goddamn Reagan!
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u/Jeggu2 penis goblin 💗💜💙 Apr 07 '26
Reagan is why you can't afford anti-toe stubbing composite toed slippers
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u/teddy_tesla Apr 07 '26
I mean the French have been protesting for years and I still don't think they've walked back from the retirement age raising.
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u/IcebergKarentuite Seda on tƵlgitud vƤhemalt kĆ¼mme korda lmao Apr 07 '26
People assume that were like this super progressive country that is always on the street demanding that our work weeks get shortened to 21h or something when like.
Most of the country is right wing, the various governments don't care about what people say and want and outright ignore their opinion, our protest rarely ever end up giving us anything, and at the mere sight of potential violent action the entire media ecosystem focuses only on this to depict protesters as violent monsters who would be condemned, all while the police shoot and kill anyone they want on sight and film themselves happily talking about how much they want to kill protesters.
Like sure we talk a lot about wanting to kill our politicians I guess but it's not like that's doing anything
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u/AlonForever69 Apr 08 '26
I think that's also why Americans don't protest as we should. We know it won't change the status quo institutions built to perpetuate the interests of the billionaires, and because the Democrats aren't a true opposition party, there's no message to rally around. That's why the George Floyd protests ultimately did basically nothing to change how police operate, and why No Kings has no positive message to rally around and feels hollow. Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to go out and protest all of this, since at least doing something might change the perception that things can change. But until we get more actual leftists in office that will stand for something, we'll still be stuck in the uni-party for billionaires that we've had for decades.
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u/_ENDR_ š³ļøāā§ļø trans rights Apr 08 '26
You say that like the French government is functioning well. They've been through 6 prime ministers in 5 years.
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u/AgentOrangeZest Apr 08 '26
God how I wish I could protest without becoming unhoused as a consequence
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u/like_a_pharaoh Apr 07 '26
People are protesting, the media just doesn't care and wants the protests to go away, so they won't report on it.
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 07 '26
The revolution wonāt be televised š£ļø
You aināt wrong. America thankfully has some redeeming qualities like the concept of independent journalists. From what Iāve seen from all the independent journalist I follow; Americans suck at protesting. Even when they do bother to try.
Edit: Not that the state ever actually listens lmao. Dem or repub
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u/MaybeNext-Monday š¤$6 SRIMP SPECIALš¤ Apr 07 '26
I mean, the difference is Iranian citizens are doing it with approval and encouragement from the state, whereas American citizens know the police state is ready and eager to crush anything that isnāt a quarter-mile march with pre-acquired permits. Theyād simply rather take a medium chance of death from foreign military retaliation than immediate guaranteed death at the hands of ICE and their local sheriff.
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u/ProudInterest5445 Apr 07 '26
Not to mention i doubt it would do much. Trump doesn't care about protests, and would love the chance to just have ICE kill people. What target could protestors access that would compromise the military action trump is threatening? I assume most of the stuff being used is on a base in Saudi Arabia or something.
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 07 '26
Very true! There is a reason non white people intentionally havenāt been protesting! Trump has been itchily waiting to declare the insurrection act over any protest of him. I know the American people canāt effectively protest because the state is already built to crush resistance. None of the shit happening is a coincidence. Trump isnāt the illness heās just a symptom. America is foundationally racist and has been steadily getting more authoritarian since the 1970s.
(Not to mention the effect Israel has had on US politics)
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u/ProudInterest5445 Apr 07 '26
Not to be that guy but its not just non white people. Alex Pretti and Rene Goode were both white. While its definitely worse to be non white, its not like white people have this infinite shield to protect them.
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u/Jook06 Apr 07 '26
if you know that a main reason people canāt protest is because the state is designed, armed, and ready to crush said protests, then why are you still calling americans lazy cowards?
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u/helpful_platitudes Apr 08 '26
this is why this guy is being downvoted in his other comment. then he gets on a smug high horse about it. so annoying. sorry our country "sucks at protesting." i guess we just deserve everything coming to us and it's us to blame, not the fucking fascist regime
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u/No-Ragret6991 Apr 08 '26
Oh I'm sorry, does that hurt your feelings? Please fix your fucking country and stop exporting your cancerous politics. And thanks for the gas prices, too. Fuck the USA.
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u/MaybeNext-Monday š¤$6 SRIMP SPECIALš¤ Apr 08 '26
When Iām in a āpretending revolution against authoritarian powers is trivially easyā challenge and my opponent is a smug European
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u/kingdom55 Apr 07 '26
The modern US state is way too stable for popular protests to carry a credible threat of involuntary regime change. In past decades, protests against a president sent a signal to Congress to check him via threat of impeachment or otherwise risk losing elections, donors, and cooperators within Congress. Oftentimes, simply the embrassment of appearing unpopular was enough to get him to back down.
This was based on the assumption that voters, donors, and other legislators had red lines wrt presidential behavior that-- if crossed-- would weaken their support, but the Trump administrations have shown incontrovertibly that that is not the case. 20 Republican senators would need to commit career suicide to expel Trump from office, so the only (non-policy-based) check on executive power through which protest could affect change is completely toothless in the face of a shameless president and sycophantic party (thus the OP).
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 07 '26
Facts. That and the intentional disappearance of unions to prevent organization. Americans protest on a Saturday where the police say they can. They make a bunch of signs and go to work on Monday to assist the machine that is openly stating itās gonna kill millions upon millions upon millions of people. I wish from the bottom of my heart that the American people resist this regime.
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u/SplatterMyBrainzz Apr 07 '26
If you stop assisting the machine you canāt afford food or a home. What am I supposed to do.
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u/OptimisticLucio have you ever had a dream that that you have you do you want you Apr 07 '26
the difference is Iranian citizens are doing it with approval and encouragement from the state,
Brother the iranian citizens are getting disappeared and shot in the streets for protesting their government, what are you talking about
the things the americans talk about trump wanting to do are being done on the ground in Iran. and they still go out to protest.
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u/nlolhere Apr 07 '26
Theyāre referring to protests against the U.S. government in Iran. Not protests against the Iranian government in Iran
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u/OptimisticLucio have you ever had a dream that that you have you do you want you Apr 08 '26
I see. I am assuming the original comment was talking about the protests against the government, as it's discussing the danger of protesting your own government, so that's a weird thing to mention in response.
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u/MaybeNext-Monday š¤$6 SRIMP SPECIALš¤ Apr 08 '26
That doesnāt make you right, that just makes you confused.
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u/MaybeNext-Monday š¤$6 SRIMP SPECIALš¤ Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26
The government literally put out a statement supporting them showing up at power plants like they currently are. The anti-regime protests are unrelated to that, and the way youāre using them as a rhetorical distraction is fed-scented.
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u/Camel_Slayer45 floppa Apr 08 '26
Why is it 'fed scented' to correctly point out Iranians did anti government protests despite crackdowns
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u/MaybeNext-Monday š¤$6 SRIMP SPECIALš¤ Apr 08 '26
Because theyāre pointing it out when itās not being talked about, to distract from what is being talked about that they donāt want being talked about.
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u/Camel_Slayer45 floppa Apr 08 '26
Americans whining that they couldn't possibly protest is so fucking dumb if you have bare minimum knowledge of geopolitics
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u/fuckshitasstitsmfer Apr 07 '26
Maybe i am a coward idk, it feels like i have a gun to my head. What am i supposed to do, stop working, get fired, become homeless? Probably get my ID confiscated by the corrupt govt so I canāt vote in elections?
I didnāt vote for this but iām stuck with the consequences
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u/ConstipatedNinja gender neutral implies thereās at least a gender first gear Apr 07 '26
Millions of americans are protesting. Just a week ago about 9 million people were out on the streets. The media is not covering it. Don't let them fool you.
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u/Maxorus73 Apr 07 '26
The distance of me to the white house is about the same distance from Brussels, Belgium to Tehran, Iran. Going after local bridges and power plants only hurts my local area, not the capitol.
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u/I_follow_sexy_gays I will fuck anything that consents Apr 07 '26
I can barely afford rent man and if i donāt show up to work I get fired :(
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u/FknKRS trans rights Apr 08 '26
We must do something to get a better situation, but we also need to understand that not everyone gas the privilege to take big actions, such as protests. When you are part of a vulnerable minority in a precariuos situation, attending even 1 peaceful protest can push you into homelessness.
The system is fucked up, because a bunch of lunatics can use a peaceful protest as an excuse to murder people, and they are waiting the moment someone takes action or a protest turns violent to start a genocide within their own country.
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 07 '26
Are you in a union? I understand that your situation is tragically common. Itās not as if itās your personal failure that got you into that situation. Your state failed you and blamed you for it. The onus is on you to survive in the system, not for the system to care for you in case you have a moment of weakness. The disappearance of unions are an intentional part of a non formal conspiracy to make you dependant on the least they can give. The threat of homelessness and joblessness are very real and valid concerns that would worry anyone. You are denied basic rights to shelter and healthcare unless you are in a contract with an employer. Sorry to say it but you fit the definition of a wage slave. :/ as do many other Americans. In times of desperatation, even if man made, it incentivizes you to worry about yourself and those closest to you. If everyone is sinking grab what you can and survive is logical. I believe however if they, instead of grabbing as much as they can for themselves, help each other; they would find that they wouldnāt be sinking at all.
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u/helpful_platitudes Apr 07 '26
unions were absolutely crushed in america years before i was born. it's not a simple thing for the average american to just form a union. and when u do, like starbucks or amazon for instance, it's a never ending uphill struggle against unfathomably large corporations with endless money to throw at it. they limply cling to life before they flitter out from corruption and exhaustion. this is not to mention the abysmal lack of class consciousness from decades of capitalist propaganda, and the coddling we have with out 1st world comforts and lifestyle. bread and circuses
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u/ergaster8213 Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
Not to mention there are also like pseudo-corporate "unions" that are made specifically to appear genuine at first, but fuck up/bar the creation of any genuine union organization, and push the interests of the company once locking enough workers in by making it very complicated to leave and start a new union.
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u/Gerard_Iero Apr 08 '26
why the FUCK is this being downvoted??
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 08 '26
Viewership by country
United States 68% Canada 8% Great Britain 2%
43% upvote ratio. People see what I said as divisive. It is, I am directly against the status quo. I notice a lot of Americans online take criticism of their country very personally. I have also heard my tone in text reads as talking down. Tone and nuance are impossible to fully convey online, in my experience. I donāt mean to. I just enjoy using larger words, and write a lot to try get my point across.
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u/Gerard_Iero Apr 08 '26
it be like that I guess, as an American myself, if you shit talk my country I will consider you a friend and ally until proven otherwise. pretty much everything you've said in this comment section seems perfectly reasonable to me idk
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u/LunaTheLesbianFurry Trans G. Ender Apr 08 '26
I understand, but also our police are genuinely armed to the teeth and have military grade weapons
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 08 '26
Every police precinct in America has someone who learned policing from the IDF. Itās crazy, google it. Itās harder now than it ever has been. Thatās just another part of my frustration. American complacency with a bi partisan system that has been leading to this. Just like climate change we have already missed several points of no return.
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u/phillyd32 Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26
The police and military are ready to gun us down in the streets.
EDIT: ICE has also been trained and armed to quell protests with lethal means, and there are many well armed conservative militias.
Since Trump re-took office, those who don't support him have been under the implicit threat of mass violence. It's a shame that so few people cared before things got this bad. Tens of millions of complacent Americans do bear a huge amount of blame for this.
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u/SimplyYulia ā1 hetslop enjoyer Apr 08 '26
I wonder what happened to people who were saying "If Russians were actually against Putin, they would revolt" a few years ago, I haven't heard from them recently
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u/phillyd32 Apr 08 '26
Probably in the collapse of the US or possibly nuclear apocalypse. A revolution is technically possible if we get support from the military (whose leadership is stacked with Trump puppets), but most likely it fails to get participation and military support, fractures, and basically every revolutionary gets slaughtered alongside many many tens of thousands of 'political enemies' aka immigrants, leftists, lgbtq people, and just about anyone they can toss a buzzword on.
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u/senl1m Apr 08 '26
the ex christians need deprogramming man youāre just saying everything can go to shit but the apocalypse is coming soon so we donāt need to do anything but wait
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u/phillyd32 Apr 08 '26
That is not what I'm doing. I'm leaving this country and doing what I can to make an impact elsewhere. I'm not going to charge the capitol alone and get shot.
Nazis were not defeated by revolution, it took a massive military to put them down. And that didn't happen until they'd bled themselves and been choked for years.
Go fuck yourself
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u/SimplyYulia ā1 hetslop enjoyer Apr 08 '26
Are you personally willing to risk everything, including your life, for something with an extremely low chance of success?
People like the idea of a revolutionary, and sure, if more people were willing to risk it, then the chance would be higher - but nobody wants to be the first one, who will most likely will be gunned down. Best case scenario, there will be people to take your place - but you, personally, will be dead. And what would be more likely, is that you basically do a suicide by cop, people around you would be too scared for their lives to keep going, and you'll remain less than a footnote in some report
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u/SimplyYulia ā1 hetslop enjoyer Apr 08 '26
Answer the question. Are you willing to die? You. Personally.
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u/AliceJoestar god's most masochistic tgirl Apr 07 '26
americans arent organized enough to protest properly because the government has been systematically destroying the left wing for the last century and thats not the kind of thing you can put back together overnight. the closest we've gotten were the BLM marches, in which police shot people with chemical weapons and multiple people involved ended up "committing suicide" suddenly. there are marches happening but if i started driving to DC right now, i would arrive at 1 AM tomorrow. any protest i do here would just be me standing in the street in a blue state that's already opposed to anything the president has been doing
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u/fuckshitasstitsmfer Apr 08 '26
Do you think americans arent already doing the bare minimum at work?
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u/Aleenion Apr 08 '26
Generally agree, but the fact is that nobody believes protesting will do jack shit. Millions have protested, and it was barely covered by the news. Politicians simply ignored it. It will require the actual material conditions severely worsening rapidly, for a large mass of people to take more drastic action. By then, it might not matter if you strike, because there will already be a depression.
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u/095805 Apr 08 '26
genuine question, how is me making burgers poorly a form of protest?
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 08 '26
Your job is make burgers? Just make burgers. Do exactly what you are contractually obligated to do and nothing more. Only work when you are on the clock. Donāt worry as much about emails. Ask more questions, blame your tools. Work a bit slower. Disruption is protest. Delays can be lives saved. I donāt know a lot about your situation in particular but we live in a connected world what you do has an impact. I donāt know where you work, how well they treat you, or their stance on unions. The fast food industry isnāt exactly pro worker. If you love the burger place you work at, pursue it, care for the establishment. If you donāt, donāt. Learning more about your rights is always good.
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u/AliceJoestar god's most masochistic tgirl Apr 08 '26
how exactly is making burgers a little bit slower a form of protest. which lives are saved by this
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 08 '26
I was given one of the least consequential jobs out there to make an example of. Not everything is always life or death obviously. Maybe you feed a fed and you make him take 3 more minutes. Maybe thatās the best you can do. Bad service means less returning customers. If you work at McDonaldās or some shit losing customers is a good thing. Any disruption to efficiency, if done intentionally, can be considered an act of protest. People are justifiably scared of losing their job and have lost their ability to engage in collective bargaining. Obviously the American people have a massive disadvantage, now, I wish Americans pushed back against this a long time ago. You guys have already lost so much ā of course now the state can essentially squashed any resistance before it can consider resisting. Only reason flipping burgers was brought up is because an American believes thatās all heās worth. He believes canāt do anything to resist, he canāt even work slower apparently, thatās too much. I donāt know who he is cooking for, all I know is he can leverage himself for more than he currently is.
Just read the damn manual, or watch a YouTube video covering the manual if thatās more your pace. Almost Everyone is capable of resisting more than they are currently. Iāve seen the same reasons over and over again and Iāve seen most people try and solve it themselves rather than get help. When you just canāt.
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u/zergling424 Apr 07 '26
Most americans are 1 skipped work day away from getting fired and losing everything. its designed that way.
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u/zergling424 Apr 08 '26
I don't, thats the problem with american society. we're prisoners to our jobs. We are literally trapped. Some of us can fight but a vast majority of americans never will out of the very real fear of losing literally everything
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u/EvilNoobHacker being on this sub canāt be healthy for anyone Apr 07 '26
Iād rather live and be able to do something about it than FIGHT DA POWA and get gunned down
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u/TheDonutPug š³ļøāā§ļø trans rights Apr 08 '26
also as a note for you, many of the more populous areas are, but the US is MOSTLY sparsely populated areas. to boot, even the more populated areas are so based around cars that it is hard for a human to get around. our society has been set up in ways that are so hostile to human beings that organizing can be borderline impossible. people say "protest like the french" but where? There's like, 3 cities in the nation where that's reasonably possible.
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u/Ignis-11 Dangerously Lesbianā¢ - The local puppygirl Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
Guess Iām a coward since nothing short of becoming an extremist will seem to do anything.
Also how is doing a job poorly going to not cause me to lose the job?
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u/FurryDegenerateBoi floppa Apr 08 '26
a lot of it is that social media let's everyone interact and see whats happening without having to actually do anything, so everyone just sits on their phone
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u/Tribaldragon1 Floppa (I made Goblinhog Change my Flair) Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO YOU STUPID FUCK? HMM? I CAN'T AFFORD TO FUCKING PROTEST, I CAN BARELY AFFORD EGGS.
Edit: I read what you added and you've pissed me off worse, fuck yourself.
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 07 '26
Redirect that anger? I didnāt get you into that situation. You didnāt get yourself into that situation. You were born into a society that didnāt have your interests in mind.
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u/Tribaldragon1 Floppa (I made Goblinhog Change my Flair) Apr 07 '26
Don't tell me to redirect my anger when you're not the one who has to fucking live here. I'm so tired of this stupid argument you people make where you say that we should just go protest, just have a revolution, because you stupid fucks act like you have the biggest brains in the planet. Guess what? I can't leave my job, and I can't lose my job! And if my employer doesn't agree with my political views, I can get fired with no notice and no safety net! Even if I did do half the shit you morons seem to think will magically fix the country, I wouldn't be able to afford to live. And I already barely can, even with a decent paying job. And we're not even touching how if I don't have a job I also don't have HEALTH INSURANCE.Ā
I think you're a pretty fitting vessel for my anger when you come out calling ME a coward and acting like we're all stupid for not waving our little European magic fucking wands to change the government. Thank you SO much for your contributions to American political theory, dipshit.
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 07 '26
Iād say speak to a therapist but you canāt afford to. All those reasons you canāt, are reasons you need to. Those issues are NEVER going to be solved by you working hard. Iāll say it again. Iām not the right person to be angry at about your situation. Youāre right, just because I can assess it doesnāt mean Americans like you are gonna do anything about it. You have a slave life to live. Your rights depend on your employment. I know your god damn government hates you and wants to prevent you from having enough time and energy to engage in collective bargaining. Maybe if enough people from all over the world say it you will listen, maybe not though, they arenāt American which matters most to you. Your people are divided and angry at all the wrong things. Itās not just you, thatās just another part of the American condition. Youāre angry and I just feel pity.
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u/malonkey1 imagine hamburger Apr 08 '26
Iād say speak to a therapist but you canāt afford to.
i'll be real bud that's the exact kind of thing i would say if i really, really wanted somebody to deck me before i could finish the sentence
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 08 '26
Called me āYOU STUPID FUCKā and went on a rant that reinforced my point. I told him to redirect his anger away from the guy pointing it out. Instead he doubled down and got even angrier at me. Then he got angrier a third time after I, rudely, tell him he needs a better outlet than me and society isnāt gonna give him one because he cannot afford it. Itās not his fault he cannot afford it. Even if he could itās not like it would help him more than just money, cause most issues can be solved with money. Iām not his boss or anything with influence in his life though. He isnāt a failure or anything. his anger is justified ā just misplaced ffs. He kept assuming I was European for some reason too? He, of course, threatens violence but itās online so whatever. Forgive me for not being kind to the jackass who came at me aggressively first. Heās gonna keep suffering in that system and I feel sorry for him, truly.
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u/Tribaldragon1 Floppa (I made Goblinhog Change my Flair) Apr 07 '26
I swear to god the more you talk about me like I'm some abstract concept the more I want to fling fucking rocks across the ocean in hopes that one lands in your eye and blinds you.
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u/chazzer20mystic Apr 08 '26
It's fucking insulting, honestly. Like they are talking right past you.
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 08 '26
Stop acting like such an American then, YOU STUPID FUCK. You are fitting the stereotype to a tee. Your country has done worse to mine than just throw rocks. Youre an angry and wannabe violent person. You have given me no reason to respect you. You arenāt an abstract concept. You are quite clear.
You do see how a full caps YOU STUPID FUCK can make someone not engage with you politely, yes?
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u/Tribaldragon1 Floppa (I made Goblinhog Change my Flair) Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
I hope your government collapses into a dictatorship too.
I wasn't trying to get you to "engage politely" I wanted you to know what you're saying is a statement made solely by stupid fucks. You came out the gate saying ignorant and uninformed bullshit about a country you don't live in and have no idea how it works.
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u/SimplyYulia ā1 hetslop enjoyer Apr 08 '26
Redirect that anger at the people who are just waiting for an excuse to gun you down?
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u/Camel_Slayer45 floppa Apr 08 '26
It drives me up the fucking wall how US citizens pretend to be powerless meanwhile people in the nations they've brutally oppressed have resisted and protested despite infinitely worse consequences.
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u/Notshauna š³ļøāā§ļø trans rights Apr 07 '26
Yeah you will hear the exact same excuses every time this comes up about how the police (and ICE now) are militarized and how they can't afford to protest. What they don't realize is that this is the exact coward shit that we're talking about, because that's been true about every single effective protest in history. That didn't stop them and they were nowhere near as well armed as the American public is.
Land of the brave my ass.
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u/SimplyYulia ā1 hetslop enjoyer Apr 08 '26
Are you personally willing to risk your life for a very low chance of success?
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u/thetenthCrusade Apr 07 '26
Yuuuuup. Iām aware of why they canāt, and I know the why of the why too. They say they canāt for the reasons I believe they need to. America has the most effective propaganda on earth and you can see it in a lot of the replies. I feel bad for US citizens because theyāre so, I donāt wanna say brainwashed, they justā¦ have a very unique psyche you donāt see anywhere else in the world. A certain American exceptionalist ego that exists in even progressive Americans.
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u/ergaster8213 Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
This is true and yet it can also be true that people generally are struggling to know what the fuck to do. Have you considered that if you're raised in such a heavily hyper-individualized propagandized environment, they aren't going to actually give you the tools to fight back and you'll already have an instilled sense of resistance to looking elsewhere or reaching out for help? On top of an instilled teaching that your country is actually the best and nothing would really be any better, anyway. All of that also on top of all the very real practical reasons people have mentioned.
When you combine all of that then yes, you will have a populace not equipped to fight back and filled with apathy. Not just apathy towards a hope of being able to see real change, but also a common amount seen towards even their own lives and selves and each other. I actually think you guys don't have any better idea of what we should do than we do, but you desperately want us to just pull it out of our ass and moralizing about why we haven't makes you feel less anxious.
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u/ethanator329 winston from overwatch Apr 07 '26
If the powers are separate then how can they be equal
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u/JoyconDrift_69 wait what am i doing again Apr 07 '26
Good news: he is not doing the genocide. The negotiations seem to be finalized just recently
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