The people with the means to inact change have spent so long benefitting from the status quo that they had no desire to do so. Now that the fascist have taken power while they sat idly by they are incapable of preventing it. Now the people with power intend on changing things to benefit them more instead of just enjoying their comfortable position. You cannot vote fascism out of power and public officials aren’t going to help us fight them, the ones who might will be purged. We cannot look to traditional authority for guidence here, we need mass actions specifically on class lines. This means joining or organizing a union and participating in mutual aid. This means developing connections in your community so resources can be managed when they get tight and learning skills that are materially useful. Later it may also mean sheltering and assisting those who are persecuted. Personally I am partial to PSL and would recommend them but work with whatever is available to you. We are weakest alone so do not let them divide us
Technically speaking, you’re looking at what most voters thought they wanted. Seems like the people with the most means and influence are in favor of what’s happening too.
Are most voters easily conned? Sure. The NSDAP won its early seats freely until the other parties were outlawed.
You can at least take solace in that with the deconstruction of federal institutions, your state government and state institutions wield comparatively more power. Don’t live in a poor and/or conservative state I guess?
Not what most people* wanted. Thats why the US isnt a democracy
In this case, it is. The Republican candidate actually won the overall popular vote. Was this because of voter apathy? Probably. But we’re talking about “what the people who cared enough to vote” wanted.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election
Lots of people didn’t vote because there was no candidate for them on the ballot. That’s a failure of democracy, not the people
But sometimes you have to pick the least worst option. Or did they genuinely believe Harris would be worse?
In a democracy, you dont have to pick the least worst option. The US needs to fix their elections systems to become a democracy.
Blame the elections systems. Focus your energy on fixing that.
Do you know the name of the member of your state’s House of Representatives that represents your district? When was the last time you spoke to your federal representative? Do he/she not answer your calls because they have to many constituents? Talk to people in your neighborhood about the need for more representatives in the house.
All sovereign power comes from the people. Read: you are that guy.
LOL, my rep was Matt Gaetz, don’t know the new guy.
This is a great way to deflect legitimate blame from the Democratic party representatives and operatives who actually deserve it, as if it isn’t their goddamn job to listen to voters.
How can they listen to the voters if the voters never speak to them. My comment was not on the DNC or RNC but on the core of all forms of representative democracies.
Also, those same fucking voters keep electing the same decrepit representatives, so why should they (the reps) be expected to rock their money boat?
Have you tried enacting change and getting third party elected? Are you seriously blaming the voters as if they ever had more than 2 choices?
Yes I have. I’ve worked to get progressives elected. I’ve walked precincts to encourage people to vote. I did that shit for decades. And shit just got worse. What I see, over and over, is fuckers bitching about 2 choices who never even bothered to vote in the primaries, you know, when you usually actually have a choice. Complaints about 2 party system, first past the post, etc. are absolutely legitimate, but it comes down to the fact that these people are elected. So yes, I am blaming the voters. A little less than 50% of the stupid fuckers still think shit-for-brains trump is doing a great job.
Yeah, that person’s comment reads like a corporation blaming the individual because they don’t recycle enough, as if the individual’s recycling habits are in any way comparable to the widespread pollution corporations create.
Unless you’re a billionaire or willing to go player 2, you have no meaningful power to change any of this. What you do have the power to do is make your own little corner of the world slightly better, and everyone should.
I can be polite and wont ham fist political conversations but yeah, don’t give me an opening, I’ll drive the knife in.
No we are not. Our “representatives” listen to their corporate masters, the ones who line their pockets and fund their campaigns. They don’t listen to us.
Re-read my comment above. They only have power which we vest in them.
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No one with any real power to make meaningful change cares, because they’re benefiting personally.
This is kinda the message I’ve been tip toeing around but it’s hard. I see this woman, she doesn’t look like the people I know who are struggling. She may just put up a good front but you put a struggling single mom working 3 jobs to make the bills in her place and she would break down crying having to say these things.
So we need to add to the message. Something that sinks in deep… Most Americans are already MAGA. They turn their head and plug their nose but in their heart of hearts they will accept MAGA government, they will accept MAGA rule, and they know when the killing starts they will accept that too. Otherwise, we would have been in the streets weeks ago.
Now is the time to build coalition. It starts with one person talking to one other.
Most Americans are already MAGA.
Most Americans are not MAGA.
Don’t forget, more people voted against Trump than for him.
Anyone with any sort of means of influence has a way to profit off of the situation. Resistance needs to happen from the bottom up.
They’re busy failing to uphold their oaths as we lose our democracy because they live in comfort without fear.
We should change that.
Be the person you want to help you.
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You’re just not reading any news at all, huh?
People didn’t care when Biden was funding genocide, this is just the inevitable next step. Your Democrat reps will send strongly-worded letters to let Republicans know how upset they are.
Do people care that trump will fund a genocide?
I mean yes. Gaza protests are still ongoing.
I’m talking more about trump stopping all aid to Ukraine
So first, that’s not funding a genocide unless he literally gives Russia money. Second, people also care about that, but he surprisingly hasn’t done it in between his destruction of America so I’m not sure what you want anyone to do here.
They would have if Democrats said they would stop unconditionally supporting Israel.
I’d lay most of the blame on Congress. So many of the destructive Impulses they are carrying out are usurping Congressional authority. They have standing, they may still have the power, they are the only ones that can really stop it. Yet they are majority Republican cult members chosen for loyalty over anything else.
I guess it’s a good example of lower level elections being critical. We lost our checks and balances because too many people also voted for evil or sycophant state “leadership”
Jesus fuck man, I’d lay most of the blame on the US voters! Where are the influential guys? Well you all were when you had the chance to vote. Fuck you
That’s certainly a huge root cause, but it’s still in Congress’s power. The thing is even if all three branches are single party with slavish loyalty, they are letting the president usurp their authority. Even when they generally agree, where is the self-interest to protect the power they fought so hard to get? They will wake up one day with nothing
Congress also is letting the face eating leopard roam free in their territory. They believe only peons will get their faces eaten, but when that leopard is tired of peasant meat, it will find Congress faces mighty tasty.
They’re the ones silently benefiting?
Yeah, those guys.
There are people fighting. There are judges across the nation blocking the bullshit that they can. There are lawyers suing to stall and block what they can as well. That’s feet on the ground legal action. There are also federal employees refusing to leave their jobs.
Politicians are in a tough spot. Republicans control every branch of the government. But we both know if the Dems had this much control they wouldn’t be able to get anything passed, so i don’t really know.
Dems should be screaming bloody murder and pitchforking DC nonstop. Other than a very few of them i haven’t the foggiest what they’re spending their days doing.
You’re coming to grips with history. People with means and influence make it happen while the rest of us just watch and hang on.
