Less than five years after urging rioters to “kill” police at the Capitol, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice, which has been dramatically remade under the second Trump administration.
Less than five years after urging rioters to “kill” police at the Capitol, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice, which has been dramatically remade under the second Trump administration.
Ya, while I like seeing you guys down there out holding protests, I think it’s a little late in the game at this point. The Christian Nationalists have already stolen the keys to America, and they have no intention of giving them back because of a witty sign.
The protests are not to convince the fascists to stop, they won’t. It’s to help show to others that there are millions against this out in the open public ally defying the new regime, so that others aren’t afraid to stand up as well.
It helps shape public opinion, especially if the police brutalize peaceful protesters.
It’s a place to build connections for future resistance as well.
It’s one piece of a larger puzzle, in addition to unionizing in preparation for a general strike, and building local community for prefiguration and to be better able to resist.
Sure, there’s still some value in the protests, but that’s only one of the first steps. Meanwhile project 2025 is already nearly halfway to the finish line. https://www.project2025.observer/en
Please don’t take that as any form of defeatism or anything. I know you guys can do this and win, but every day counts… and they had this planned for a long time.
The only other option is civil war, which relies on the militarily joining the rebellion, otherwise it would be a massacre if done openly, or simply become similar to The Troubles if done underground.
We’re hoping the non violent general strike works instead.
I’m rooting for you, no matter what happens.
Not the person you replied to but it’s so incredibly upsetting and disheartening to see so many people shitting on us on top of everything that is already happening to us (not to diminish the effect that exists on everyone outside of the US of course).
Thank you
Appreciate it :)
Don’t be so defeatist. The US military has been proven time and again to not be the masters of asymmetrical warfare they would have you believe they are.
I’m not being defeatist. I’m saying in a straight up open confrontation, civilians would lose without the military fracturing with them.
The Troubles is asymmetrical guerrilla warfare, which is sustainable, but very costly and certainly something to avoid if possible.